A town may acquire the status of an urban municipality if it has at least 20,000 inhabitants and at least 15,000 jobs, of which at least half must be in tertiary and quaternary activities, and if it is the geographic, economic and cultural centre of its gravitational area.
Mesto lahko dobi status mestne občine, če ima najmanj 20.000 prebivalcev in najmanj 15.000 delovnih mest, od tega najmanj polovico v terciarnih in kvartarnih dejavnostih in je geografsko, gospodarsko in kulturno središče svojega gravitacijskega območja.