Municipality of Komen

Municipality of Komen Občina Komen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Municipality of Komen Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Komen in Slovenia Location of the Municipality of Komen in Slovenia
Coordinates:
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Erik Modic (Independent)
Area
• Total	102.7 km2 (39.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	3,631
• Density	35.36/km2 (91.57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)

The Municipality of Komen (pronounced [ˈkoːmən]; Slovene: Občina Komen) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Komen. 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). It borders Italy.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Komen, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

• Brestovica pri Komnu
• Brje pri Komnu
• Čehovini
• Čipnje
• Coljava
• Divči
• Dolanci
• Gabrovica pri Komnu
• Gorjansko
• Hruševica
• Ivanji Grad
• Klanec pri Komnu
• Kobdilj
• Kobjeglava
• Koboli
• Kodreti
• Lisjaki
• Lukovec
• Mali Dol
• Nadrožica
• Preserje pri Komnu
• Rubije
• Šibelji
• Škofi
• Škrbina
• Štanjel
• Sveto
• Tomačevica
• Trebižani
• Tupelče
• Vale
• Večkoti
• Volčji Grad
• Zagrajec

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in the municipality of Komen include:

• Max Fabiani, architect
• Franco Giraldi, Italian film director
• Anton Mahnič, theologian, activist, bishop of Krk
• Marjan Rožanc, writer and essayist
• Majda Širca, journalist and politician

External links

• Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Komen on Geopedia
• Municipal website