The Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica (; , ) is a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy.
Miren-Kostanjevica is part of the Goriška region of the Slovene Littoral, and its main settlements are Miren (the seat of the municipality) and Kostanjevica na Krasu. Miren is located in the lowest part of the Vipava Valley.Miren-Kostanjevica municipal site
Historically, the area 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 Karst 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.
Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Miren, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
Bilje Hudi Log Korita na Krasu Kostanjevica na Krasu Lipa Lokvica Nova Vas Novelo Opatje Selo Orehovlje Sela na Krasu Temnica Vojščica Vrtoče
Notable natives and residents Oskar Kogoj, designer Dean Komel, philosopher Drago Marušič, politician, governor of the Drava Banovina (1931–34) Negovan Nemec, sculptor Igor Torkar, writer and political activist Stanko Vuk, poet and anti-fascist activist
References
External links
Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica on Geopedia Municipal website