• Surface area: 20.600 hectares (206 km²)
• Population: 10.700
• Number of settlements: 78
• The largest settlement: Kozje, 738 inhabitants (in 2002)
• The smallest settlement: Ortnice, 25 inhabitants (in 2002)
• Population density: 51 inhabitants per square kilometre
• The highest point: The Oslica Hill, 860 m
• The lowest point: The Figarjev most bridge across the Sotla river, 151 m
• Forest cover: 48 %
• Average annual precipitation: 1060 mm
• Average annual temperature: 9.5 ºC
• Rivers and streams: the Sotla, the Bistrica, the Buča, the Dramlja and the Gabrnica
• Primary schools: 6  (Bistrica ob Sotli, Bizeljsko, Koprivnica, Kozje, Lesično, Pišece)
• Medical centres: 3  (Bistrica ob Sotli, Bizeljsko, Kozje)
• Post offices:  7 (Bistrica ob Sotli, Bizeljsko, Buče, Koprivnica, Kozje, Lesično, Pišece, Podsreda)

Cultural monuments and natural values:

• Castles: 5
• Churches: 32
• Stone signs: 16
• The thickest tree: 770 cm (an oak called Nuječev hrast in Gregovce)