Savogna d'Isonzo ( sl, Sovodnje ob Soči; fur, Savogne di Gurize) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region

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, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia. The name of the village comes from the Slovene word ''sovodnje'', which means

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

. Near Savogna, in fact, the

Vipava river The Vipava (in Slovene) or Vipacco (in Italian) or ''Wipbach'' / ''Wippach'' (in German) is a river that flows through western Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. The river is in length, of which 45 km in Slovenia. After entering Italy it j ...

flows into the Isonzo at the conjunction of the Karst Plateau and the Vipava Valley.

Ethnic composition

92% of the population was of Slovene ethnicity according to the Italian census of 1971.Thomas, Lee; Lokar A. (1977)
Socioeconomic structure of the Slovene population in Italy
Slovene Studies, Chicago, Illinois, p.28.

Main sights

*Church of San Martino, at Savogna *Castle of Rubbia *Church of San Nicolò, at Gabria *Small square of Gabria *

Grotta Regina del Carso Grotta Regina del Carso ("Queen of Karst cave", sl, Jama Kraljica Krasa) is a Karst cave in the village of ''San Michele del Carso'' ( Slovene: ''Vrh'') in the municipality of Savogna d'Isonzo (Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy). The cave is ...

Twin towns

* Škofja Loka, Slovenia

Ethnic composition

Main sights

Twin towns

References

See also