Official Name: | Sveti Peter |
Other Name: | Šupeter (locally), San Pietro dell'Amata (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: | 3.96 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 329 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.4666°N 13.6844°W |
Elevation M: | 210 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Sveti Peter (pronounced as /sl/; it|San Pietro dell'Amata[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Peter (literally, 'Saint Peter') to Raven (literally, 'plain') 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. The name Sveti Peter was restored in 1992.[4] [5] [6] The settlement is also known locally as Šupeter.[7]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter.