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Bovec
Municipality
View of the town of Bovec and the Kanin mountains
View of the town of Bovec and the Kanin mountains
Map showing, in red, Bovec
Map showing, in red, Bovec
Country  Slovenia
Traditional regional Littoral
Statistical region Goriška
Area
 • Total 367.3 km2 (141.8 sq mi)
Elevation
451 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total 3,082
 • Density 8.3910/km2 (21.732/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5230
ISO 3166-2 SI-006
Website Official website: http://www.bovec.si/

Bovec (Italian: Plezzo, German: Flitsch) is a small Slovenian town in the Julian Alps that is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Bovec (Slovene: Občina Bovec).

The municipality of Bovec was established on 10 March 1994. Before that date, Bovec was part of the municipality of Tolmin.

Geography

The municipality of Bovec is part of the Goriška statistical region. It is in the northwest part of the country, on the border with Italy and is at about 30 km (19 mi) away from Austria. Part of the municipality is in the Triglav National Park.

The town of Bovec is at an altitude of 434 m (1,424 ft), on the edge of the Bovec valley, a broad and flat valley where the small Koritnica river joins the Soča river.

The municipality has an area 367.3 km2 (141.8 sq mi), and a population, in 2017, of 3,082: 1,512 men and 1,570 women. Its population density is of 8.4 inhabitants/km2.

The municipality of Bovec is surrounded by the following municipalities: Tarvisio (Italy) to the north, Kranjska Gora to the northeast, Bohinj to the southeast, Kobarid to the south, Chiusaforte (Italy) to the west.

Tarvisio (Italy) Kranjska Gora
Chiusaforte (Italy)
   Bovec    
Kobarid Bohinj

Climate

Mild winters and warm summers are typical of the Bovec Valley. The mean annual temperature in the Bovec municipality is 11 °C (52 °F); the mean summer temperature (July, August) is 19.5 °C (67.1 °F) and the mean winter temperature (December, January) is −0.5 °C (31.1 °F). The average annual precipitation in the Bovec Valley is around 3,000 mm (118.1 in). The Kanin mountains have the highest precipitation in Slovenia, mostly in the form of snow between November and March.

Settlements

Bovec
Downtown Bovec

There are 13 settlements (Slovene: Naselja) in the municipality; the main is Bovec, which is the administrative centre of the municipality.

Code Settlement Population
(2017)
006001 Bavšica 9
006002 Bovec 1576
006003 Čezsoča 312
006004 Kal - Koritnica 139
006005 Lepena 36
006006 Log Čezsoški 66
006007 Log pod Mangartom 126
006008 Plužna 47
006009 Soča 133
006010 Srpenica 177
006011 Strmec na Predelu 16
006012 Trenta 119
006013 Žaga 326

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    View of Bovec and Mt. Kanin

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    Austrian stamp cancelled around 1860

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    World War I military cemetery

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    Mass grave memorial

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    Kluže Fortress

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