Official Name: | Šmarje pri Sežani |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Coastal–Karst |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sežana |
Area Total Km2: | 1.58 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 260 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.7247°N 13.8676°W |
Elevation M: | 303.4 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šmarje pri Sežani (pronounced as /sl/; it|Santa Maria di Sesana) is a settlement north of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2] It is located in the heart of the Karst Plateau, close to the border with Italy, around 15 km from the city of Trieste.
The name of the settlement was changed from Šmarje to Šmarje pri Sežani in 1955.[3]
The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Parish of Sežana.[4]
The village features in the Dutch advertisement for a pension fund run by the insurance company Swiss Life.[5]