Lokovec () is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in western

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in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located on the

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overlooking the narrow Čepovan Valley, which divides it from the Trnovo Forest Plateau ( sl, Trnovski gozd) on the other side of the valley. It is part of the

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...

region. The

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in the settlement is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

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.Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008

References

External links

Lokovec on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica {{NovaGorica-geo-stub