Municipality of Divača

The Municipality of Divača (pronounced [diˈʋaːtʃa]; Slovene: Občina Divača) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border.^[2] The seat of the municipality is the town of Divača. 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). Škocjan Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in the municipality.^[3]

Municipality of Divača Občina Divača
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Divača in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°39′N 14°01′E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Drago Božac
Area
• Total	147.8 km2 (57.1 sq mi)
Population  (2002)[1]
• Total	3,829
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.divaca.si

Settlements

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

• Barka
• Betanja
• Brežec pri Divači
• Dane pri Divači
• Dolenja Vas
• Dolnje Ležeče
• Dolnje Vreme
• Famlje
• Gabrče
• Goriče pri Famljah
• Gornje Ležeče
• Gornje Vreme
• Gradišče pri Divači
• Kačiče-Pared
• Kozjane
• Laže
• Matavun
• Misliče
• Naklo
• Otošče
• Podgrad pri Vremah
• Potoče
• Senadole
• Senožeče
• Škocjan
• Škoflje
• Vareje
• Vatovlje
• Vremski Britof
• Zavrhek

Notable people

Notable people that were born in the Municipality of Divača include:

• Rudolf Cvetko (1880–1977), Olympic fencer
• Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963), writer and psychiatrist
• Ita Rina (1907–1979), actress
• Danilo Zelen (1907–1941), anti-Fascist insurgence leader^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
2. Divača municipal site
3. Škocjan Caves site
4. Kacin-Wohinz, Milica (2001). "Danilo Zelen". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 15. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 151.

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Divača at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Divača on Geopedia
• Municipal website