Soča (Bovec)
The scattered settlement Soča is located at the foot of the Bavški Grintavec between the towns of Bovec and Trenta in western Slovenia . It is located on the river of the same name , which gives the village its name.
| surface | 43.48 km² |
| local community | Bovec |
| Residents | 153 |
| Population density | 3.6 Ew. per km² |
After its foundation in the Middle Ages , Soča was first owned by the Patriarchs of Aquileia for a long time , then by the Republic of Venice and finally, after a takeover in 1509, the Habsburgs .
In the middle of the village there is also a church , which was built in 1718 and is dedicated to Saint Joseph .
Behind it there is also a cemetery, where, among other things, the soldiers who died on the Isonzo front in World War I are buried. The cemetery belonged to a military hospital that was located by the church during the war and the building of which is still there.
In Soča there are also some dilapidated houses that testify to the Friuli earthquake in May 1976.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/slovenia-goriska_d.php?cityid=006009
- ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/slovenia-goriska_d.php?cityid=006009
- ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/slovenia-goriska_d.php?cityid=006009
- ^ The Soča military cemetery from World War I
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Coordinates: 46 ° 21 ' N , 13 ° 40' E