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| Občina Miren - Kostanjevica |
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| Area: |
62,8 km² |
| Population |
4.741 |
| - males |
2.317 |
| - females |
2.424 |
| Mayor: |
Zlatko Martin Marušič |
| Average age: |
37,9 let |
| Residential areas: |
32,62 m²/osebo |
| - households: |
1.620 |
| - families: |
1.351 |
| Working active: |
2.241 |
| - unemployed: |
211 |
| Average monthly salary (avgust 2003): |
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| - gross: |
205.167 SIT |
| - net: |
134.481 SIT |
| College/university students: |
176 |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. |
Miren-Kostanjevica (Italian: 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. Historically, it was connected with the neigbouring village of Savogna d'Isonzo, which was left in Italy after the Paris Peace Treaty of February 1947. Since the secodn half of the 19th century, Miren has been a commercial center and a center of light industry, strongly linked to the Gorizia and Monfalcone urban areas. Kostnjevica na Krasu, on the other hand, is a center of a vast and 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.
The church on the Miren Castle
[edit] Famous natives and residents
- Oskar Kogoj, designer;
- Dean Komel, philosopher;
- Drago Marušič, politician, governor of the Drava Banovina (1931-1934);
- Negovan Nemec, sculptor;
- Stanko Vuk, poet and anti-fascist activist.
