Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba explained

Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba
Native Name:Občina Šempeter - Vrtojba
Native Name Lang:sl
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:45.9167°N 52°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Milan Turk (SLS)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:15.0
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:6292
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+01
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02

The Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛmˈpeːtəɾ ʋəɾˈtoːjba/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃəmˈpeːtəɾ ʋəɾˈtoːjba/; Slovenian: Občina Šempeter - Vrtojba; Italian: Comune di San Pietro-Vertoiba) is a municipality in Slovenia. The municipality comprises the town and municipal seat of Šempeter pri Gorici and the adjacent village of Vrtojba. It borders Italy.

History

Both settlements used to be suburbs of town of Gorizia until 1947, when they become part of Yugoslavia while Gorizia remained a part of Italy. They have had a separate urban development since then. Nowadays, the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba forms a single continuous urban area with the neighbouring towns of Nova Gorica and Gorizia.[2] Since May 2011, these three municipalities have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. http://www.sempeter-vrtojba.si/ Šempeter-Vrtojba municipal site
  3. Web site: Patto Gorizia-Nova Gorica c-e la firma - Cronaca - Il Piccolo. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527180903/http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/cronaca/2011/05/12/news/patto-gorizia-nova-gorica-c-e-la-firma-1.56599 . 2011-05-27 .