Izola

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Občina Izola

Comune di Isola

Image:Obcine izola.png
Area: 28.6 km²
Population 14,549
 - males 7,164
 - females 7,385
Mayor: Tomislav Klokočovnik
Average age: 44.26 years
Residential areas: 29.72 m²/person
 - households: 5,253
 - families: 4,176
Working active: 7,313
 - unemployed: 1,185
Average monthly salary (August 2003):
 - gross: 237,012 SIT
 - net: 149,819 SIT
College/university students: 541
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Izola (Italian: Isola or Isola d'Istria) is a town, and a municipality of the same name, situated in southwestern Slovenia on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

Originally an island in the northern Adriatic (hence the name, which comes from the Italian for "island"), it was first settled by the Romans, who built a port at Haliaetum, on Simons Bay, to the southwest of the present city.

During the Middle Ages, it was controlled by the Venetian Republic.

Its economic base was seriously hurt when Trieste (Trst in Slovene) became the premier port in the region and a plague struck in the 16th century.

During the French occupation in the early 19th century, the city walls were torn down and used to fill in the channel that separated the island of Izola from the mainland.

[edit] External links

  • Izola, official page of municipality (in Slovenian and Italian)

Coordinates: 45°32′N, 13°40′Eca:Izola da:Izola de:Izola es:Izola eo:Izola fr:Izola hr:Izola it:Isola (Slovenia) hu:Izola nl:Izola ja:イゾラ pl:Izola ro:Izola ru:Изола sl:Občina Izola fi:Izola sv:Izola

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