Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica explained

Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica
Native Name:Občina Miren - Kostanjevica
Native Name Lang:sl
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:45.85°N 51°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mauricij Humar
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:62.8
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:4741
Population As Of:2002
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+01
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02

The Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmiːɾən kɔˈstaːnjɛʋitsa/; Slovenian: Občina Miren - Kostanjevica, Italian: Comune di Merna Castagnevizza) 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.[2]

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 GoricaŠempeter 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:

Notable natives and residents

External links

Notes and 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