Bilje (; it, Biglia) is a settlement east of
Miren in the
Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica
The Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica (; sl, Občina Miren - Kostanjevica, it, 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 Li ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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. The hill known as
Miren Castle ( sl, Mirenski grad) rises above the settlement to the south.
The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of
Capodistria.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008
Bilje is the birthplace of sculptor Negovan Nemec and philosopher Dean Komel.
References
External links
Bilje on GeopediaBiglia on Austria-Hungary cadastre
* http://www.meteo.si/uploads/probase/www/climate/table/en/by_location/bilje/climate-normals_81-10_Bilje_eng.pdf
Populated places in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica
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