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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The entry is geolocated on the map in SI, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Solkan is referenced by 115 other articles, and connects out to City Municipality of Nova Gorica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Dušan Pirjevec.
Vinony files it under 1988 establishments in Slovenia, Italy–Slovenia border crossings and Populated places in the Soča Valley.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 734h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Solkan
- Region
- Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 3,227
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nova Gorica
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 3227
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3216
- Area
- 4.2
- Elevation
- 101
- Image
- Solkan1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Solkan
- female population
- 1658
- male population
- 1558
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solkan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations