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| Area: | 309.0 km² | |
| Population - males - females |
32763 17,497 18,143 |
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| Average age: | 39.75 years | |
| Residential areas: - households: - families: |
30.49 m²/person 12,702 10,112 |
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| Working active: - unemployed: |
17,273 1,508 |
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| Average monthly salary (August 2003): - gross: - net: |
273,666 SIT 169,623 SIT |
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| College/university students: | 1,628 | |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | ||
Nova Gorica (pronounced [ˈnɔʋa ɡɔˈɾitsa]) (population: 13,852 (town); 21,082 (incl. suburbs); 31,000 (municipality)) [1] is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy. Nova Gorica is a new town, built after 1948 when the Paris Peace Treaty established a new border between Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the lower Vipava Valley from its regional centre. Nova Gorica is the principal urban centre of the traditional region of Goriška in the Slovenian Littoral.[2]
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The name
The name Nova Gorica means literally New Gorizia. Most locals call their town simply Gorica, ie. Gorizia, while they refer to the neighbouring Italian town as "Old Gorizia" (Slovene: stara Gorica). This use is reflected in several denominations, such as the license plates (GO for Gorica), the local association football club ND Gorica, or the local student association (Klub goriških študentov, or "Gorica Student Club").
Kostanjevica Hill
see also: Kostanjevica Monastery
To the south of the town lies Kostanjevica Hill, home to the Church of The Annunciation of Our Lady and a 17th-century Franciscan monastery whose treasures from the past are rich indeed.[3] The last members of the Bourbons, the French royal family, are buried in a crypt beneath the church (Charles X himself, and members of his family and entourage including his son Louis-Antoine de France, and his grandson Henri d'Artois, nephew of Louis (neither Louis-Antoine nor Henri ever reigned as kings). He fled France following the revolution in 1830, finding refuge in Gorizia, and eventually eternal peace. Also buried there is Pierre Louis Jean Casimir, a Bourbon nobleman who also died in exile (in 1839).[4]
Sveta Gora
Opposite Kostanjevica Hill, north of the town is Sveta Gora (Holy Mountain), a peak of 682 m that has attracted pilgrims for 450 years. The view from there is exceptional, and on a clear day visitors can see as far as Istria, Venice, the Dolomites, and the Kamnik and Julian Alps. The mountain top is home to a magnificent basilica, where concerts are occasionally held, a Franciscan monastery, and a museum of the Battles of the Isonzo.
Notable residents
Notable residents include:
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International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Nova Gorica is twinned with:
Aleksandrovac, Serbia
Klagenfurt, Austria
Otočac, Croatia
San Vendemiano, Italy
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