Official Name: | Strunjan |
Other Name: | Strugnano (Italian) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
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: | Coastal–Karst |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Piran |
Area Total Km2: | 3.51 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 659 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5341°N 13.6068°W |
Elevation M: | 37.7 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Strunjan (pronounced as /sl/; it|Strugnano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]
The Strunjan Nature Reserve, located along a 4 km stretch of Adriatic coast to the north of the settlement, is the longest section of unspoiled coastline in the entire Gulf of Trieste.[3]
The former monastic church, now the parish church, in the settlement is dedicated to the Marian apparition at this place, in the night of August 14, 1512.
Since 2001, Strunjan has held an annual persimmon festival (sl|Praznik kakijev) every November. Together with the Vipava Valley and the Gorizia Hills, Strunjan has a favorable microclimate for persimmon cultivation, producing 30% of Slovenia's annual persimmon crop on about 20 hectares.[4]