Savogna d'Isonzo (; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the

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region of

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

, located about northwest of

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and about southwest of

Gorizia Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, Region ...

, on the border with Slovenia. The name of the village comes from the Slovene word , which means "

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

". Near Savogna, in fact, the

Vipava river The Vipava (; or ) 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 joins the Isonzo/Soča in the Municipality of Savogna d'Isonzo. This ...

flows into the Isonzo at the conjunction of the

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and the

Vipava Valley The Vipava Valley (; , , ) 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 Ajdovščina and Vipava. Geography The narrow valley of the Vipav ...

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

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, Chicago, Illinois, p.28.

Main sights

*Church of San Martino, at Savogna/Sovodnje *Castle of Rubbia/Rubije *Church of San Nicolò, at Gabria/Gabrje *Small square of Gabria/Gabrje * Grotta Regina del Carso

Twin towns

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of ...

, Slovenia

Ethnic composition

Main sights

Twin towns

References

See also