Bovec

**Bovec** (, ) is a small Slovenian town in the Julian Alps that is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Bovec ().

The municipality of Bovec was established on 10 March 1994. Before that date, Bovec was part of the municipality of Tolmin.

## Geography

The municipality of Bovec is part of the Goriška statistical region. It is in the northwest part of the country, on the border with Italy and is at about  away from Austria. Part of the municipality is in the Triglav National Park.

The town of Bovec is at an altitude of , on the edge of the Bovec valley, a broad and flat valley where the small _Koritnica_ river joins the Soča river.

The municipality has an area , and a population, in 2017, of 3,082: 1,512 men and 1,570 women. Its population density is of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality of Bovec is surrounded by the following municipalities: Tarvisio (Italy) to the north, Kranjska Gora to the northeast, Bohinj to the southeast, Kobarid to the south, Chiusaforte (Italy) to the west.

### Climate

Mild winters and warm summers are typical of the Bovec Valley. The mean annual temperature in the Bovec municipality is ; the mean summer temperature (July, August) is  and the mean winter temperature (December, January) is . The average annual precipitation in the Bovec Valley is around . The Kanin mountains have the highest precipitation in Slovenia, mostly in the form of snow between November and March.

## Settlements

There are 13 settlements () in the municipality; the main is **Bovec**, which is the administrative centre of the municipality.

|Code|Settlement|Population <small>(2017)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|006001|Bavšica|9|
|006002|Bovec|1576|
|006003|Čezsoča|312|
|006004|Kal - Koritnica|139|
|006005|Lepena|36|
|006006|Log Čezsoški|66|
|006007|Log pod Mangartom|126|
|006008|Plužna|47|
|006009|Soča|133|
|006010|Srpenica|177|
|006011|Strmec na Predelu|16|
|006012|Trenta|119|
|006013|Žaga|326|

## Related pages

- Goriška Statistical Region

## Other websites

- Official website of the municipality
- Municipality of Bovec on Geopedia.si

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Bovec
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **image skyline**: 016 Bovec (5758919989).jpg
- **image caption**: View of the town of Bovec and the Kanin mountains
- **image map**: Obcine Slovenija 2006 Bovec.svg
- **map caption**: Map showing, in red, Bovec
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Traditional regional
- **subdivision name1**: Slovenian Littoral, Littoral
- **subdivision type2**: Statistical regions of Slovenia, Statistical region
- **subdivision name2**: Goriška Statistical Region, Goriška
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Siniša Germovšek
- **area total km2**: 367.3
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population total**: 3082
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **timezone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **elevation m**: 451
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 5230
- **blank name**: ISO 3166-2
- **blank info**: SI-006
- **website**: [http://www.bovec.si/ Official website]