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Municipality of Sodražica

*Občina Sodražica*
Municipality of Sodražica Občina Sodražica
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of the Municipality of Sodražica in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°45′51″N 14°37′46″E / 45.76417°N 14.62944°E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Blaž Milavec (Slovenian People's Party)
Area
• Total	49.5 km2 (19.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,164
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Postal code	1317 Sodražica
Website	www.sodrazica.si

The Municipality of Sodražica (pronounced [ˈsoːdɾaʒitsa]; Slovene: Občina Sodražica) is a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sodražica. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It borders the municipalities of Ribnica, Velike Lašče, Bloke, and Loški Potok.

In Austro-Hungary, and also in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sodražica was an independent municipality, until the creation of Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. It became an independent municipality once again in 1998, when it separated from the Municipality of Ribnica.^[2]

Historically, the inhabitants made woodenware (Slovene: suha roba), especially sieve rims, buckets, spoons, rakes, and wicker baskets. The woodenware was sold to Ribnica peddlers (ribniški krošnjarji) who then travelled around the world, selling the woodenware.^[3]^[4]

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Sodražica, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

Notable people

Karlo Adamič [sl] (1887–1945), composer, organist, and conductor
Mihael Arko [sl] (1857–1938), priest, journalist, and representative in the Austrian parliament
France Gorše [sl] (1897–1986), academy-trained sculptor
Tone Košmrlj (born 1959), founder and the former bass player in Pop Design [sl]
Franc Mihelič (born 1949), musician and founder of the Franc Mihelič Ensemble (Ansambel Franca Miheliča)
Matija Mrače (1866–1903), translator
Ivan Prijatelj [sl] (1875–1937), literary historian, university professor, translator, and essayist. The primary school in Sodražica bears his name: Osnovna šola dr. Ivana Prijatelja Sodražica (Ivan Prijatelj Sodražica Elementary School).