Municipality of Komen

The Municipality of Komen (Občina Komen) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the Italian border. The seat of the municipality is the town of Komen. The municipality was established on 6 November 1994, when the former Municipality of Sežana was dissolved into four smaller municipalities (Divača, Hrpelje-Kozina, Komen, and Sežana). It borders Italy.

Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Komen, the municipality also includes the following settlements:


 * Brestovica pri Komnu
 * Brje pri Komnu
 * Čehovini
 * Čipnje
 * Coljava
 * Divči
 * Dolanci
 * Gabrovica pri Komnu
 * Gorjansko
 * Hruševica
 * Ivanji Grad
 * Klanec pri Komnu
 * Kobdilj
 * Kobjeglava
 * Koboli
 * Kodreti
 * Lisjaki
 * Lukovec
 * Mali Dol
 * Nadrožica
 * Preserje pri Komnu
 * Rubije
 * Šibelji
 * Škofi
 * Škrbina
 * Štanjel
 * Sveto
 * Tomačevica
 * Trebižani
 * Tupelče
 * Vale
 * Večkoti
 * Volčji Grad
 * Zagrajec

Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in the municipality of Komen include:
 * Max Fabiani, architect
 * Franco Giraldi, Italian film director
 * Anton Mahnič, theologian, activist, bishop of Krk
 * Marjan Rožanc, writer and essayist
 * Majda Širca, journalist and politician