Šempeter-Vrtojba
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Šempeter-Vrtojba is a municipality in Slovenia
. The municipality comprises the town of Šempeter pri Gorici
and the adjacent village of Vrtojba
.
Both settlements used to be suburbs of town of Gorizia
until 1947, when they become part of Yugoslavia
while Gorizia remained a part of Italy
. Since then, they started a separated urban development. Nowadays, the municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba forms a single continued urban area with the neighbouring towns of Nova Gorica
and Gorizia. Since May 2011, these three municipalities are joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. The municipality comprises the town of Šempeter pri Gorici
Šempeter pri Gorici
Šempeter pri Gorici is a town and the administrative centre of the Šempeter-Vrtojba municipality in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. There is a border crossing into the Italian town of Gorizia...
and the adjacent village of Vrtojba
Vrtojba
Vrtojba is a settlement in the Šempeter-Vrtojba municipality in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. A border crossing into Italy is located here...
.
Both settlements used to be suburbs of town of Gorizia
Gorizia
Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and it is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin...
until 1947, when they become part of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
while Gorizia remained a part of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Since then, they started a separated urban development. Nowadays, the municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba forms a single continued urban area with the neighbouring towns of Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...
and Gorizia. Since May 2011, these three municipalities are joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board.