The City Municipality of Nova Gorica (; sl, Mestna občina Nova Gorica) 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 the traditional region of the

Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...

in western

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. The seat of the municipality is the city of

Nova Gorica A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramat ...

. Nova Gorica became a municipality in 1994.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Nova Gorica, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Ajševica * Banjšice * Bate *

Branik Branik (; it, Rifembergo, german: Reifenberg) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. Until 2011, Pedrovo was a hamlet of Branik. Name The name of the settlement was changed from Rihemberk (earlier ''Rifenberg'', fr ...

* Brdo *

Budihni Budihni () is a small settlement on the right bank of the Vipava River southeast of Dornberk in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS' ...

Čepovan Čepovan (; it, Chiapovano, german: Tschepobon)Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 98. is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Apart from ...

Dornberk Dornberk (; it, Montespino) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the Vipava Valley within the ''Goriška'' region of the Slovenian Littoral. Dornberk is the centre of a local community that includes ...

* Draga * Dragovica * Gradišče nad Prvačino *

Grgar Grgar (; it, Gargaro) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located under Holy Mount ( sl, Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and below the Banjšice Plateau. Name Grgar was mentioned in written sources 1370 ...

Grgarske Ravne Grgarske Ravne (; it, Raune) is a settlement north of Grgar in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. It is located on the Banjšice Plateau The Banjšice Plateau ( sl, Banjška planota, also or , it, Altopiano della Bainsizza) is ...

* Kromberk * Lazna * Loke *

Lokovec Lokovec () is a dispersed settlement in western Slovenia in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located on the Banjšice Plateau overlooking the narrow Čepovan Valley, which divides it from the Trnovo Forest Plateau ( sl, Trnovski gozd) ...

* Lokve * Nemci *

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Ozeljan Ozeljan (; it, Ossegliano) is a village in the lower Vipava Valley in western Slovenia. It is part of the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of the Slovenian Littoral. The core of the village was built around the church dedicated ...

* Pedrovo * Podgozd *

Potok pri Dornberku Potok pri Dornberku () is a small settlement south of Dornberk in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. It is located in the Vipava Valley, which is part of the Gorizia region of the Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Pr ...

* Preserje * Pristava *

Prvačina Prvačina (; it, Prevacina) is a village in the Vipava Valley in western Slovenia. It lies within the Municipality of Nova Gorica. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Diocese of Koper ) , cocathed ...

Ravnica ''Ravnica'' is a '' Magic: The Gathering'' block that consists of three expert-level expansion sets: ''Ravnica: City of Guilds'' (October 7, 2005), ''Guildpact'' (February 3, 2006), and ''Dissension'' (May 5, 2006). Following in the traditi ...

Rožna Dolina Rožna Dolina (; it, Valdirose, german: link=no, Rosenthal) is one of the four suburbs of the town of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (the others being Solkan, Kromberk, and Pristava). It is on the border with Italy. Before 1947, it used to be ...

Saksid Saksid (; it, Sasseto) is a village near Dornberk in the Vipava Valley in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica The City Municipality of Nova Gorica (; sl, Mestna občina Nova Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region o ...

Šempas Šempas ( or ; in older sources also ''Šenpas,''Navratil, J. 1894. "Slovenske národne vraže in prazne vére (Dalje)." ''Letopis Matice slovenske'' 138–201, p. 184. it, Sambasso, german: Schönpass) is a village in the Vipava Valley in the Mu ...

* Šmaver * Šmihel *

Solkan Solkan ( or ; it, Salcano, german: link=no, Sollingen or ''Salcano'') is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of ...

* Spodnja Branica * Stara Gora * Steske *

Sveta Gora Sveta Gora (; it, Monte Santo di Gorizia) is a settlement in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It encompasses Holy Mount ( sl, Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and southwest of the Banjšice Plateau. History In 1539 Uršul ...

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* Trnovo * Vitovlje * Voglarji *

Zalošče Zalošče () is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the lower Vipava Valley in the Gorizia region of the Slovene Littoral. History In the northern part of the village, there is a large building that ...

Politics

The municipality of Nova Gorica is governed by a

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, elected every four years by popular vote, and a city council of 32 members. Both in local and national elections, Nova Gorica has been considered an electoral stronghold of the left, in particular of the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

. Between the early 1990s and the mid-2000s, the two major political parties in the town were the Social Democrats and Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, both considered center-left parties. Since 1994, these two parties have been alternating in power at the local level, running candidates against each other and forming coalitions with smaller center-right parties in order to gain an absolute majority in the city council. The Nova Gorica electoral district is the home district of

Borut Pahor Borut Pahor (; born 2 November 1963) is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2008 to February 2012. A longtime member and former presi ...

, former prime minister and current president of Slovenia; it was also the only district in the country where the

won the plurality of votes in the 2011 elections.

References

External links

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City Municipality of Nova Gorica on GeopediaNova Gorica municipal site
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1994 establishments in Slovenia