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Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica

Municipality of Slovenia

Summary

Municipality of Slovenia

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nameMunicipality of Miren-Kostanjevica
native_nameObčina Miren - Kostanjevica
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image_mapObcine Slovenija 2006 Miren - Kostanjevica.svg
map_captionLocation of the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in Slovenia
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSlovenia
seat_type
leader_partyIndependent
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMauricij Humar
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area_total_km262.8
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population_total4741
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The Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica (; , ) is a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy.

Miren-Kostanjevica is part of the Goriška region of the Slovene Littoral, and its main settlements are Miren (the seat of the municipality) and Kostanjevica na Krasu. Miren is located in the lowest part of the Vipava Valley.

Historically, the area was connected with the neighbouring village of Savogna d'Isonzo (Slovenian: Sovodnje ob Soči), which was left in Italy after the Paris Peace Treaty of February 1947. Since the second half of the 19th century, Miren has been a commercial center and a center of light industry, strongly linked to the Gorizia and Monfalcone (Slovenian: Tržič) urban areas. Kostanjevica na Krasu, on the other hand, is a center of a larger underpopulated rural area located on the high Karst Plateau. In the local self-government reform of 1994, the two centers united to form a single municipality. Since 1947, both localities have gravitated towards the Nova Gorica–Šempeter conurbation, where many locals commute daily.

Miren has a border crossing into Italy.

Settlements

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

  • Bilje
  • Hudi Log
  • Korita na Krasu
  • Kostanjevica na Krasu
  • Lipa
  • Lokvica
  • Nova Vas
  • Novelo
  • Opatje Selo
  • Orehovlje
  • Sela na Krasu
  • Temnica
  • Vojščica
  • Vrtoče

Notable natives and residents

  • Oskar Kogoj, designer
  • Dean Komel, philosopher
  • Drago Marušič, politician, governor of the Drava Banovina (1931–34)
  • Negovan Nemec, sculptor
  • Igor Torkar, writer and political activist
  • Stanko Vuk, poet and anti-fascist activist

References

References

  1. [http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002]
  2. [http://www.miren-kostanjevica.si/ Miren-Kostanjevica municipal site]
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