Šmaver, Nova Gorica Explained

Official Name:Šmaver
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:Slovenian Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Nova Gorica
Area Total Km2:4
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:0
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.0037°N 13.6227°W
Elevation M:291.2
Footnotes:[1]

Šmaver (pronounced as /sl/; Italian: San Mauro) is a settlement on the right bank of the Soča River north of Solkan in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.[2]

Name

Locally, Šmaver is known as Štamaver or Šentmaver.[3]

History

The actual settlement of San Mauro remained in Italy, whereas the area of Šmaver with the eastern slopes of Mount Sabotin, now without any permanent residents, was annexed to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1947.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.nova-gorica.si/ Nova Gorica municipal site
  3. Book: Jakopin . Franc . Korošec . Tomo . Logar . Tine . Rigler . Jakob . Savnik . Roman . Suhadolnik . Stane . Slovenska krajevna imena . 1985 . Cankarjeva založba . Ljubljana . 292–293.