The Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica (; sl, Občina Miren - Kostanjevica, it, Comune di Merna Castagnevizza) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in western

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, on the border with

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. Miren-Kostanjevica is part of the

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region of the

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, and its main settlements are Miren (the seat of the municipality) and Kostanjevica na Krasu. Miren is located in the lowest part of the

Vipava Valley The Vipava Valley (; sl, Vipavska dolina, german: Wippachtal, it, Valle del Vipacco) is a valley in the Slovenian Littoral, roughly between the village of Podnanos to the east and the border with Italy to the west. The main towns are Ajdovš ...

.Miren-Kostanjevica municipal site
/ref> Historically, the area was connected with the neighbouring village of Savogna d'Isonzo ( Slovenian: ''Sovodnje ob Soči''), which was left in Italy after the

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of February 1947. Since the second half of the 19th century, Miren has been a commercial center and a center of light industry, strongly linked to 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 ...

and

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( Slovenian: ''Tržič'') urban areas. Kostanjevica na Krasu, on the other hand, is a center of a larger underpopulated rural area located on the high

Karst Plateau The Karst Plateau or the Karst region ( sl, Kras, it, Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava Valley, the low hills su ...

. In the local self-government reform of 1994, the two centers united to form a single municipality. Since 1947, both localities have gravitated towards the

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– Šempeter conurbation, where many locals commute daily. Miren has a border crossing into Italy.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Miren, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bilje * Hudi Log * Korita na Krasu * Kostanjevica na Krasu * Lipa * Lokvica * Nova Vas * Novelo * Opatje Selo * Orehovlje * Sela na Krasu * Temnica * Vojščica * Vrtoče

Notable natives and residents

* Oskar Kogoj, designer * Dean Komel, philosopher * Drago Marušič, politician, governor of the Drava Banovina (1931–34) * Negovan Nemec, sculptor * Igor Torkar, writer and political activist * Stanko Vuk, poet and anti-fascist activist

References

External links

*
Municipal website

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