Šempeter-Vrtojba

Šempeter-Vrtojba
Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Coastal land / Primorska
Statistical region	Goriška (Gorica)
Coordinates	45 ° 55 '  N , 13 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '36 "  N , 13 ° 37' 24"  E
surface	15  km²
Residents	6,451 (2008)
Population density	430 inhabitants per km²
Post Code	5290
License Plate	GO
Structure and administration
Mayor :	Dragan Valenčič
Website	www.sempeter-vrtojba.si

Šempeter-Vrtojba (Italian: San Pietro-Vertoiba, German: Sankt Peter-Vertoiba ) is a municipality in the Primorska region in Slovenia .

Location and inhabitants

In the two villages Šempeter pri Gorici (German: Sankt Peter bei Görz ) and Vrtojba (German: Vertoiba ), 6451 inhabitants live. Šempeter-Vrtojba is on the Italian border. The place belongs to the urban region of the immediately adjacent cities of Gorizia (Gorizia) and Nova Gorica .

Personalities

• Patricija Šulin (* 1965), politician
• Jana Krivec (* 1980), chess player
• Matej Mugerli (* 1981), racing cyclist
• Valter Birsa (* 1986), football player
• Etien Velikonja (* 1988), football player
• Tim Matavž (* 1989), football player
• Saša Živec (* 1991), football player
• Luka Štor (* 1998), football player

Web links

• Website of the municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba ( Slovenian )
• Information about the community