Šmihel, Nova Gorica

Šmihel (Italianized: San Michele) is a dispersed settlement in the municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.^[2] It is located in the lower Vipava Valley.

The small church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Michael and the belongs to the Šempas Parish.^[3]

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Nova Gorica

Settlements:	Administrative Centre: Nova Gorica Ajševica, Banjšice, Bate, Branik, Brdo, Budihni, Čepovan, Dornberk, Draga, Gradišče nad Prvačino, Grgar, Grgarske Ravne, Kromberk, Lazna, Loke, Lokovec, Lokve, Nemci, Osek, Ozeljan, Podgozd, Potok pri Dornberku, Preserje, Pristava, Prvačina, Ravnica, Rožna Dolina, Saksid, Solkan, Spodnja Branica, Stara Gora, Steske, Šempas, Šmaver, Šmihel, Tabor, Trnovo, Vitovlje, Voglarji, Zalošče

Landmarks	Vipava Valley, Solkan Bridge, Branik Castle, Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica railway station, Nova Gorica Sports Park

Culture and education	University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica Grammar School

Notable people	France Bevk, Nevin Birsa, Valter Birsa, Matej Bor, Jure Franko, Ivo Hvalica, Igor Simčič, Klement Jug, Boris Kalin, Zdenko Kalin, Vasja Klavora, Danilo Kovačič, Janko Kralj, Branko Marušič, Tomaž Marušič, Iztok Mlakar, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, Marko Anton Plenčič, Vojteh Ravnikar, Gianni Rijavec, Leon Rupnik, Josip Srebrnič, Jože Srebrnič, Mojca Širok, Stanislav Škrabec, Boštjan Vuga, Danilo Zavrtanik, Vasilij Žbogar