Solkan
Sign in to saveSolkan ( or ; , or Salcano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
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Place details
- Locality
- Solkan
- Region
- Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 3,227
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Solkan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Solkan1.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- 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
- Nova Gorica
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 3227
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Language, ethnicity and culture
- People
- References
- External links
Solkan ( or ; , or Salcano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solkan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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