Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba

Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba

*Občina Šempeter - Vrtojba*
Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba Občina Šempeter - Vrtojba
Municipality
	Šempeter pri Gorici with the Italian town of Gorizia in the background
	Coat of arms
	Location of the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°55′N 13°39′E / 45.917°N 13.650°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Government
• Mayor	Milan Turk (SLS)
Area
• Total	15.0 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	6,269
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)

The Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba (pronounced [ʃɛmˈpeːtəɾ ʋəɾˈtoːjba] or [ʃəmˈpeːtəɾ ʋəɾˈtoːjba]; Slovene: Občina Šempeter - Vrtojba; Italian: Comune di San Pietro-Vertoiba) is a municipality in Slovenia. The municipality comprises the town and municipal seat of Šempeter pri Gorici and the adjacent village of Vrtojba.

History

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. They have had a separate urban development since then. Nowadays, the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba forms a single continuous urban area with the neighbouring towns of Nova Gorica and Gorizia.^[2] Since May 2011, these three municipalities have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board.^[3]