Municipality o Miren–Kostanjevica

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. 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. References Freemit airtins Municipal wabsteid Municipality of Miren–Kostanjevica on Geopedia Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Template:Miren-Kostanjevica