Rupa ( it, Ruppa) is a village in northwest
Croatia
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, anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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near its border with
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...
. It is located in
Matulji
Matulji ( it, Mattuglie) is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It is located west of the city of Rijeka, north of the town of Opatija, and it borders Slovenia.
Municipality
There are a total of 11,246 inhabitants in the m ...
( it, Mattuglie) municipality in
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. ...
, 17 km from the town of Matulji. It has a population of 310 (census 2001).
Rupa is a major border crossing between the two countries where Croatia's Autocesta
A7 motorway connects with Slovenia's
Highway 7. The Slovenian town opposite Rupa is
Jelšane
Jelšane (; it, Elsane) is a village in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The Jelšane international border crossing between Slovenia and Croatia is just south of the ...
in
Ilirska Bistrica
Ilirska Bistrica (; german: Illyrisch Feistritz; it, Villa del Nevoso, before 1927: ''Bisterza,'' Hungarian: ''Illírbeszterce'') is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipalit ...
municipality. With Slovenia joining the
Schengen area
The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and ...
on December 21, 2007, Rupa-Jelšane became a Schengen external border crossing.
References
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Croatia–Slovenia border crossings
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County