The Municipality of Divača (; sl, Občina Divača) is a municipality in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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, near the
Italian
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border. The seat of the municipality is the town of
Divača
Divača (; it, Divaccia) is a large nucleated village in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Divača and a railway hub.
Geography
Divača lies along the A1 motorway and the old main r ...
. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, when the former Municipality of Sežana was dissolved into four smaller municipalities (Divača,
Hrpelje-Kozina,
Komen, and
Sežana
Sežana (; it, Sesana) is a town in the Slovenian Littoral region of Slovenia, near the border with Italy. It is the seat of the Municipality of Sežana. Sežana is located on the Karst Plateau, from Trieste, Italy, and from Ljubljana, the ...
).
Škocjan Caves, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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, is located in the municipality.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Divača, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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Barka
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Betanja
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Brežec pri Divači
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Dane pri Divači
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Dolenja Vas
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Dolnje Ležeče
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Dolnje Vreme
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Famlje
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Gabrče
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Goriče pri Famljah
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Gornje Ležeče
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Gornje Vreme
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Gradišče pri Divači
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Kačiče-Pared
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Kozjane
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Laže
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Matavun
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Misliče
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Naklo
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Otošče
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Podgrad pri Vremah
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Potoče
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Senadole
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Senožeče
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Škocjan
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Škoflje
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Vareje
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Vatovlje
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Vremski Britof
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Zavrhek
Notable people
Notable people that were born in the Municipality of Divača include:
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Rudolf Cvetko (1880–1977), Olympic fencer
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Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963), writer and psychiatrist
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Ita Rina (1907–1979), actress
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Danilo Zelen (1907–1941), anti-Fascist insurgence leader
References
External links
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Municipality of Divača on GeopediaMunicipal website
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1994 establishments in Slovenia
Divaca