Pivka (Slovenia)
Pivka St. Peter in Carniola |
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Basic data | |||
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Country | Slovenia | ||
Historic region | Coastal land / Primorska | ||
Statistical region | Primorsko-notranjska (Coastal Inner Carniola) | ||
Coordinates | 45 ° 41 ′ N , 14 ° 11 ′ E | ||
height | 547 m. i. J. | ||
surface | 223.3 km² | ||
Residents | 6,102 (2008) | ||
Population density | 27 inhabitants per km² | ||
Telephone code | (+386) 05 | ||
Post Code | 6257 | ||
License Plate | PO | ||
Structure and administration | |||
Mayor : | Robert Smrdelj | ||
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Pivka (until 1952 Šempeter na Krasu , formerly also Šentpeter na Krasu , German: St. Peter in Krain , Italian San Pietro del Carso ) is a municipality in the Primorska region (coastal land) in Slovenia .
Location and inhabitants
6102 people live in the total community, which consists of 29 villages. The main town Pivka alone has 2059 inhabitants and is located in the south-west of the country, north of Ilirska Bistrica on the river Pivka of the same name .
traffic
Pivka is located on the Ljubljana – Trieste railway line , from which the line to Rijeka in Croatia branches off.
Culture and sights
In Pivka there is the military-historical park Park vojaške zgodovine . You can see tanks, tracked vehicles and artillery pieces from earlier times, as well as modern vehicles that the Slovenian army no longer needs due to joining NATO . This extensive collection is shown in an old barracks.
Places of the whole community
- Buje , (German Bugach )
- Dolnja Košana , ( Eng . Unterkassanthal , also Unterkarschan )
- Drskovče , (German Dörzgotzach )
- Čepno , (German scepps )
- Gornja Košana , (German Oberkassanthal , also Oberkarschenthal )
- Gradec , (German Waldenburg near Sankt Peter )
- Juršče , (German Sankt Georg bei Sankt Peter , also Jurschitz )
- Kal , (Ger. Kaal near Sankt Michael )
- Klenik , (German Klönig , also Glenach )
- Mala Pristava , (German Kleinmeierhof , also Niedermairhof )
- Nadanje selo , (German Grenwald , also Nedassel )
- Narin , ( Eng . Narein near Sankt Peter )
- Neverke , (German Neubergen , also Medberg )
- Nova Sušica , (German Neudirnbach , also Klein Dirnbach )
- Palčje , (German Paltschach )
- Parje , (German Kratzenbach near Sankt Peter )
- Petelinje , (German Hahnsdorf , also Petelling )
- Pivka , (German Saint Peter in the Karst )
- Ribnica , (German Reifnitz near Sankt Peter )
- Selce , (German Seltzach )
- Slovenska vas , (German village near Sankt Peter )
- Stara Sušica , (German Altdirnbach )
- Suhorje , (German Dürrenbach )
- Silentabor ,
- Šmihel , (German Saint Michael )
- Trnje , (German thorn )
- Velika Pristava , (German Großmeierhof near Sankt Peter )
- Volče , (German Wolfsberg near Sankt Peter )
- Zagorje , (German Unterberg near Sankt Peter )
literature
- Boris Bolfek, Martin Premk: Tankovsko artilerijska zbirka: Parka vojaske zgodovine Pivka: Tank and artillery collection at Park of military history Pivka. Publisher: Vojaski muzej Slovenske vojske, Maribor - Pivka, 2009