Jagodje (; it, Valleggia) is a settlement on the
Adriatic
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coast
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in the
Municipality of Izola
The Municipality of Izola (; sl, Občina Izola, it, Comune di Isola) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Littoral in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Izola. Izola became a municipality in 1994.
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in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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. It is an
urbanized
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settlement directly southwest of the town of Izola and was created from dispersed farmsteads in the area known as Jagodje and the hamlets of Kane (''Canne''), Kanola (''Cànola''), Kažanova (''Casanova''), Kostrlag (''Costerlago''), Lavore (''Lavoré''), Liminjan (''Limignano''), Loret (''Loreto''), Montekalvo (''Montecalvo''), and Šalet (''Saletto''). The local church is dedicated to the
Holy Mother of Loreto.
Izola municipal site
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port and settlement known as Haliaetum
Haliaetum was a Roman port that stood in the area of Simon Bay, next to the modern village of Jagodje, on the northern Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula. Remains visible at extreme low tide include parts of its pier as well as various port bu ...
stood in the area of Simon Bay
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
() next to Jagodje as early as the 2nd century BC.
References
External links
*
Jagodje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Izola
Slovenian Riviera
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