Miren-Kostanjevica

Miren - Kostanjevica Občina Miren - Kostanjevica
—  Town and Municipality  —
The church on the Miren Castle
Location of the Municipality of Miren - Kostanjevica in Slovenia
Miren - Kostanjevica Location of the Town of Miren - Kostanjevica in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°51′N 13°38′E / 45.85°N 13.633°E / 45.85; 13.633Coordinates: 45°51′N 13°38′E / 45.85°N 13.633°E / 45.85; 13.633
Country	Slovenia
Government
- Mayor	Zlatko Martin Marušič
Area
- Total	62.8 km2 (24.2 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
- Total	4,741
- Density	75.5/km2 (195.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02)

Miren-Kostanjevica (Italianized: Merna Castagnevizza) is a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy. It is part of the Goriška region of the Slovene Littoral. The municipality's main settlements are Miren and Kostanjevica na Krasu. Miren is located in the lowest part of the Vipava Valley.^[2]

Historically, it was connected with the neighbouring village of Savogna d'Isonzo (Slovenian: Sovodnje ob Soči), which was left in Italy after the Paris Peace Treaty 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 and Monfalcone (Slovenian: Tržič) urban areas. Kostanjevica na Krasu, on the other hand, is a center of a larger underpopulated rural area located on the high Kras plateau. 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 Nova Gorica-Šempeter conurbation, where many locals commute daily.

Miren has a border crossing into Italy. The Italian town opposite it is Merna.

Famous natives and residents

• Oskar Kogoj, designer
• Dean Komel, philosopher
• Drago Marušič, politician, governor of the Drava Banovina (1931–1934)
• Negovan Nemec, sculptor
• Igor Torkar, writer and political activist
• Stanko Vuk, poet and anti-fascist activist

References

1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
2. ^ Miren-Kostanjevica Municipality site

External links

• Municipality website
• Miren-Kostanjevica Municipality on Geopedia