Komen (Slovenia)
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| Country |
 Slovenia
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| Historic region | Coastal land / Primorska | ||
| Statistical region | Obalno-kraška (coast and karst) | ||
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 ' N , 13 ° 45' E | ||
| surface | 102.7 km² | ||
| Residents | 3,515 (2002) | ||
| Population density | 34 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Telephone code | (+386) 5 | ||
| Post Code | 6222 | ||
| License Plate | KP | ||
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| Mayor : | Marko Bandelli | ||
| Mailing address | Komen 86 6223 Komen |
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Komen ( Italian Comeno , German Komein ) is a municipality in the west of Slovenia . Komen is one of the 212 municipalities in Slovenia, the most famous of which is Štanjel .
geography
The municipality is part of the historical Primorska region (coastal area) and the Obalno-kraška statistical region (coastal and karst area); It is located in the geological center of the Karst .
The municipality of Komen extends over an area of 103 km². It extends in the west from the Italian border to the Wippachtal in the northeast. In the north, Komen borders on the municipalities of Miren-Kostanjevica , Nova Gorica , Ajdovščina and in the south on the municipality of Sežana .
The municipality includes the following 35 settlements or village communities (German name in brackets):
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history
In the Middle Ages, Komen was part of the Duchy of Friuli . In the 13th century the area fell to the Counts of Gorizia .
After the last Count of Gorizia died, Komen went to the Habsburgs in 1500 , who incorporated the area into the Fürstete Grafschaft Gorizia and Gradisca , which existed until 1918.
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During the First World War , the armed forces of Austria-Hungary built the field railways near Komen . The western part of the municipality was affected by the neighboring Isonzo battles. In November 1918, Italian troops first occupied the area. In November 1920 Italy reached an agreement on border issues with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the Rapallo Border Treaty : Komen became Italian.
On February 15, 1944, Komen was burned down by German troops. The residents were forced to move to Bavaria and could only return to their homeland after the Second World War .
In 1947 Komen became part of the Republic of Yugoslavia and in 1991 part of the Republic of Slovenia .
Personalities
- Max Fabiani (1865–1962), architect
- Antun Mahnić (1850–1920), bishop, promoter of Slovenian and Croatian culture
