Šmaver, Nova Gorica

Šmaver
Šmaver

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°0′13.27″N 13°37′21.75″E / 46.0036861°N 13.6227083°E / 46.0036861; 13.6227083Coordinates: 46°0′13.27″N 13°37′21.75″E / 46.0036861°N 13.6227083°E / 46.0036861; 13.6227083
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region Gorizia
Municipality Nova Gorica
Area
  Total 4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation 291.2 m (955.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 0
[1]

Šmaver (pronounced [ˈʃmaːʋər]; Italian: San Mauro) is a settlement on the right bank of the Soča River north of Solkan in the municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.[2]

Name

Locally, Šmaver is known as Štamaver or Šentmaver.[3]

History

The actual settlement of San Mauro remained in Italy, whereas the area of Šmaver with the eastern slopes of Mount Sabotin, now without any permanent residents, was annexed to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1947.

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Nova Gorica municipal site
  3. Jakopin, Franc, et al. 1985. Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, pp. 292–293.


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