Municipality of Ribnica Občina Ribnica
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Ribnica in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°44′24″N 14°43′51″E / 45.74°N 14.7308°E / 45.74; 14.7308
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Samo Pogorelc
Area
• Total	153.6 km2 (59.3 sq mi)
Population  (2002)[1]
• Total	9,266
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.ribnica.si

The Municipality of Ribnica (pronounced [ˈɾiːbnitsa] ^ⓘ; Slovene: Občina Ribnica) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ribnica. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Archaeological evidence shows that the area has been settled at least since the late Bronze Age between 1300 and 900 BC.^[2]

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

Notable people that were born or lived in the Municipality of Ribnica include:

• Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), composer (born in Ribnica)
• Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591), composer (presumed born in Ribnica)
• Janez Evangelist Krek (1865–1917), Christian social activist and politician (born in Sveti Gregor)
• France Prešeren (1800–1849), poet (studied in Ribnica)
• Simona Škrabec (born 1968), translator, essayist, and literary historian (spent her childhood in Ribnica)
• Ivan Šušteršič (1863–1925), conservative politician (born in Ribnica)

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• Municipality of Ribnica on Geopedia
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