Municipality o Sežana
Municipality of Sežana Občina Sežana | |
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 Location of the Municipality of Sežana in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°44′N 13°53′E / 45.733°N 13.883°ECoordinates: 45°44′N 13°53′E / 45.733°N 13.883°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Davorin Terčon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 217.4 km2 (83.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,583 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Municipality o Sežana (Slovene: Občina Sežana) is a municipality in the Littoral region o Slovenie, near the Italian border.[2] The seat o the municipality is the toun o Sežana. The municipality wis established on 6 November 1994, when the umwhile Municipality o Sežana wis dissolvit intae fower smawer municipalities (Divača, Komen, Hrpelje–Kozina, an Sežana).
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Slavic tribes, ancestors o modren Slovenes, first settled the aurie in the late 6t hunderyear A.D. In the Middle Ages, the aurie belangit tae the Duchy o Friuli an the Patriairchate o Aquileia, till it wis conquered bi the Coonts o Gorizia in the 14t hunderyear. In 1500, it fell unner the Habsburg dominion an it wis includit in the Coonty o Gorizia an Gradisca.
Sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Lipica Stud Farm is locatit in the municipality, as are several picturesque veelages.[3]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Municipality of Sežana at Wikimedia Commons- Municipal website
- Municipality of Sežana on Geopedia Archived 2017-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
