Sežana
Sign in to saveSežana (; ) 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 capital city of Slovenia.
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Place details
- Locality
- Orlek
- Region
- Municipality of Sežana
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 6,037
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Overview of Sežana, Town Hall, Old Manor, Botanical garden greenhouse, Town center house, St. Martin's Church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sežana.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Sežana.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Sežana
- Population
- +6037
- Area
- +217.4
- Elevation
- +368
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Municipality of Sežana
- Shares border with
- Sgonico
- Official website
- www.sezana.si
- Image
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9 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Economy
- Sights
- Church
- Gallery
- Twin cities
- References
- External links
Sežana (; ) 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 capital city of Slovenia.
==Name== Sežana was attested in written sources in 1152 as in Cesan (and as Ses(s)ana in 1293 and Sexana in 1442). The name is of unclear origin. The early transcriptions do not support a connection with Saint Susanna or with the Friulian toponym Susáns. The presumed suffix -ana would indicate a Romance origin, making possible a derivation from the Latin personal name Sessius. Another possibility is derivation from the estate name *Sextiānum, and a Lombard origin of the name has also been suggested. In the 19th century the names Sessana and Sehsana were in official use.