Ozeljan, Nova Gorica

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Ozelján (Italian: Ossegliano) is a village in the lower Vipava Valley in western Slovenia. It is part of the municipality of Nova Gorica in the Goriška region of the Slovenian Littoral.

The core of the village was built around St Jakob's church and the Coronnini mansion.

Center of the village with Jakob's church and the Coronnini mansion.

1 History
2 Geographical position
3 Statistics
4 External links

[edit] History

The settlement was first mentioned in the 12th century (in the year 1176). The village was part of the Šempas Parish. In the former times the locals were mainly farmers. According to tradition however, they were also very known middle-man.

[edit] Geographical position

Latitude: 45°56'37N
Longitude: 13°43'49E
AMSL: 100m ( 70m - 180m )

[edit] Statistics

Population			Housekeeping	Familys	Nr. houses
All	Male	Female
778	375	403	261	227	212

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

[edit] External links

Portal Ozeljan More detailed information about Ozeljan.

v • d • e Nova Gorica

Towns and villages	Capital:Nova Gorica, Ajševica, Arčoni, Banjšice, Bate, Branik, Brdo, Budihni, Čepovan, Dornberk, Draga, Gradišče nad Prvačino, Grgar, Grgarske Ravne, Kromberk, Lazna, Loke, Lokovec, Lokve, Nemci, Osek, Ozeljan, Podgozd, Potok pri Dornberku, Preserje, Pristava, Prvačina, Ravnica, Rožna Dolina, Saksid, Solkan, Spodnja Branica, Stara Gora, Steske, Šempas, Šmaver, Šmihel, Tabor, Trnovo, Vitovlje, Voglarji, Zalošče

Landmarks	Vipava Valley, Solkan Bridge

Notable people	France Bevk, Nevin Birsa, Matej Bor, Ivo Hvalica, Klement Jug, Boris Kalin, Zdenko Kalin, Vasja Klavora, Danilo Kovačič, Janko Kralj, Branko Marušič, Tomaž Marušič, Iztok Mlakar, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, Vojteh Ravnikar, Gianni Rijavec, Leon Rupnik, Josip Srebrnič, Jože Srebrnič, Majda Širca, Mojca Širok, Stanislav Škrabec, Boštjan Vuga, Danilo Zavrtanik