Official Name: | Lokve |
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: | 27.04 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 122 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0109°N 13.7887°W |
Elevation M: | 928.6 |
Lokve (pronounced as /sl/; Italian: Loqua) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica.[1] It is located on the Trnovo Forest Plateau, above the Vipava Valley in the Gorizia region of the Slovene Littoral. It is a popular tourist center, serving as a summer resort for people from the towns of Nova Gorica and Gorizia (Italy). Škol Hill (Slovenian: Škol; 1182m (3,878feet)) rises north of Lokve.
Lokve is the site of a former mass grave from the Second World War. The Lokve Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Lokve) is located in a depression near house no. 43 in the village. It contained the remains of Italian soldiers from the 10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla killed at the site in March 1945. The remains were discovered during excavations in December 2003 and were reburied in May 2004.[2]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[3]
Notable people that were born or lived in Lokve include: