The Urban Municipality of Novo Mesto (; ) is a municipality in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Novo Mesto. The Municipality of Novo Mesto is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It borders Croatia on the Gorjanci Hills.
The total municipal area is , located on a bend of the Krka River.
The municipality is divided into the local communities () of BirÃÂna Vas, Brà ¡ljin, Brusnice, BuÃÂna Vas, Center, Dolà ¾, Drska, Gabrje, Gotna Vas, KandijaâÂÂGrm, Karteljevo, LoÃÂnaâÂÂMaÃÂkovec, Majde à  ilc, Mali Slatnik, Mestne Njive, OtoÃÂec, Podgrad, PreÃÂna, RegrÃÂa Vas, à  mihel, StopiÃÂe, Urà ¡na Sela, and à ½abja Vas.
In addition to the municipal seat of Novo Mesto, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
In 1923, Kandija was annexed to Novo Mesto.
In 1979, the following settlements were annexed to Novo Mesto: Brod (at the time of the 1971 census, the settlement had 247 inhabitants), Brà ¡ljin (520), Cegelnica pri Novem Mestu (307), Dolenje Kamence (316), Gotna Vas (470), Groblje (34), IrÃÂa Vas (376), Jedinà ¡ÃÂica (132), Krka (141), LoÃÂna (246), MaÃÂkovec pod Trà ¡ko Goro (192), Mala BuÃÂna Vas (239), Muhaber (288), PotoÃÂna Vas (113), Ragovo (95), RegrÃÂa Vas (587), à  mihel pri Novem Mestu (504), Velika BuÃÂna Vas (185), Velika Cikava (51), and à ½abja Vas (761).
According to the census of 2002, the municipality has 40,925 inhabitants, 20,017 male and 20,908 female. The average age of the inhabitants is 39.58. There are a total of 13,796 households and 11,408 families. The Urban Municipality of Novo Mesto has a working-age population of 19,579, of whom 2,118 are unemployed. The average gross monthly wage in August 2003 was â¬1,099.27 (263,432 tolars) and the average net monthly wage was â¬687.90 (164,851 tolars). There are 1,725 students in the municipality.
Today, tourism is increasing in Slovenia, and Novo Mesto is feeling some of the effects of this. The Krka Valley is becoming a place for wine enthusiasts who take tours throughout the Lower Carniola region, tasting locally produced CviÃÂek wine, which is produced by blending several different varieties of local wine.
Major industries include: