Municipality o Miren–Kostanjevica
Municipality o Miren–Kostanjevica Občina Miren - Kostanjevica | |
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 Location o the Municipality o Miren–Kostanjevica in Slovenie | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 13°38′E / 45.850°N 13.633°ECoordinates: 45°51′N 13°38′E / 45.850°N 13.633°E | |
| Kintra |  Slovenie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Zlatko Martin Marušič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.8 km2 (24.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,741 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
The Municipality o Miren–Kostanjevica (Slovene: Občina Miren - Kostanjevica, Italian: Comune di Merna Castagnevizza) is a municipality in wastren Slovenie, on the border wi Italy. It is pairt o the Goriška region o the Slovenie Littoral. The municipality's main dounsets are Miren an Kostanjevica na Krasu. Miren is locatit in the lawest pairt o the Vipava Valley.[2]
Historically, the aurie wis connectit wi the neebourin veelage o Savogna d'Isonzo (Slovenie: Sovodnje ob Soči), which wis left in Italy efter the Paris Peace Treaty o Februar 1947. Syne the seicont hauf o the 19t hunderyear, Miren haes been a commercial centre an a centre o licht industry, strangly linkit tae the Gorizia an Monfalcone (Slovenie: Tržič) urban auries. Kostanjevica na Krasu, on the ither haund, is a centre o a lairger unnerpopulatit landwart aurie locatit on the heich Kras plateau. In the local sel-govrenment reform o 1994, the twa centres unitit tae shape a single municipality. Syne 1947, baith localities hae gravitatit towards the Nova Gorica–Šempeter conurbation, whaur mony locals commute daily.
Miren haes a border crossin intae Italy. The Italian toun opposite it is Merna.