| Official Name: | Šmihel |
| Other Name: | Sveti Mihael (until 1955) |
| 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: | 5.22 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 266 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.9512°N 13.7254°W |
| Elevation M: | 184.6 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Šmihel (pronounced as /sl/; Italian: San Michele) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.[2] It is located in the lower Vipava Valley.
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Mihael (literally, 'Archangel Michael') to Šmihel in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]
The small church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Michael and the belongs to the Parish of Šempas.[6]