Medana
Sign in to saveMedana () is a village in the Municipality of Brda in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located in the Gorizia Hills (Slovene: Goriška brda), a wine-producing region on the border with Italy. The parish church in the village is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. Medana is the birthplace of the Slovene poet Alojz Gradnik and is known for its annual Poetry and Wine Days festival, which takes place in late August.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in SI, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Medana is referenced by 50 other articles, and connects out to Slovenian Littoral, Italy and Slovenia.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Municipality of Brda.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Medana
- Region
- Municipality of Brda
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 234
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Medana
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Medana, skupina hiš 1953.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Medana in 1953
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Slovenian Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gorizia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Brda
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.3
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Brda
- Population
- 211
- Area
- 1.3
- Elevation
- 184.4
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Medana Slovenia 4.jpg
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- Medana
- female population
- 113
- male population
- 98
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Medana () is a village in the Municipality of Brda in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located in the Gorizia Hills (Slovene: Goriška brda), a wine-producing region on the border with Italy. The parish church in the village is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. Medana is the birthplace of the Slovene poet Alojz Gradnik and is known for its annual Poetry and Wine Days festival, which takes place in late August.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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