Komen
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Komen | |||
View of the Kras plateau from Štanjel | |||
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Location of the Municipality of Komen in Slovenia | |||
Location of the city of Komen in Slovenia | |||
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Country | Slovenia | ||
Municipality | Komen | ||
Government | |||
- Mayor | Uroš Slamič | ||
Area | |||
- Total | 39.7 sq mi (102.7 km²) | ||
Population (2002) | |||
- Total | 3,515 | ||
- males | 1,731 | ||
- female | 1,784 | ||
Average age | 40.09 years | ||
Residential areas | 37.35 m² (402.0 sq ft)/person | ||
Households | 1210 | ||
Families | 1033 | ||
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | |||
Website: Official site |
Komen (Italian: Comeno) is a village and a municipality in Slovenia. It is located on the Kras plateau in the Slovenian Littoral.
[edit] History
In the Middle Ages, it was first part of the Duchy of Friuli and in the 13th century it was included in the County of Gorizia. Komen was first mentioned in a document from 1247. In 1500, the whole region fell under Habsburg dominion and it was included in the County of Gorizia and Gradisca until 1918. During World War One, the western parts of the municipality were devastated by the Battles of the Isonzo. After the end of the war in November 1918, the area was occupated by Italian troops and annexed to Italy with the Treaty of Rapallo in 1920. On February 15 1944, the village of Komen was burned down by the Nazi German troops as a retailliation for Partisan resistance activity in the area; the surviving inhabinats were forcibily resettled to Bavaria, from where they only returned after the end of World War II. In 1947, it became part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in 1991 of independent Slovenia.
[edit] Famous natives
- Max Fabiani, architect;
- Franco Giraldi, Italian film director;
- Anton Mahnič, theologian, activist, bishop of Krk;
- Igor Torkar, writer.
[edit] Towns and villages
Brestovica pri Komnu, Brje pri Komnu, Coljava, Divči, Dolanci, Čehovini, Čipnje, Gabrovica pri Komnu, Gorjansko, Hruševica, Ivanji Grad, Klanec pri Komnu, Kobdilj, Kobjeglava, Koboli, Kodreti, Komen, Lisjaki, Lukovec, Mali Dol, Nadrožica, Preserje pri Komnu, Rubije, Sveto, Šibelji, Škofi, Škrbina, Štanjel, Tomačevica, Trebižani, Tupelče, Vale, Večkoti, Volčji Grad, Zagrajec