Solkan
Sign in to saveSolkan ( or ; , or Salcano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Solkan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Solkan1.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Slovenian Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gorizia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- City Municipality of Nova Gorica
- Population
- +3216
- Area
- +4.2
- Elevation
- +101
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Solkan1.JPG
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Article
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- History
- Language, ethnicity and culture
- People
- References
- External links
Solkan ( or ; , or Salcano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.