Komen

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Komen | other_name = Comeno | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type =  | motto = | image_skyline = Komen Slovenia.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = Coat_of_Arms_of_Komen.gif | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Slovenia  | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Slovenia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = 25px Slovenia | subdivision_type1 = Traditional region | subdivision_name1 = Slovene Littoral | subdivision_type2 = Statistical region | subdivision_name2 = Coastal–Karst | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Komen | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6.7 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2013 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 642 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|45|48|57.34|N|13|45|2.68|E|region:SI|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 273.1 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118142042/http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp |date=November 18, 2008 }}</ref> }}

'''Komen''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈkoːmən|pron}}, {{langx|it|Comen}}<ref name="Leksikon">{{cite book |title=Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland |date=1918 |publisher=K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei |location=Vienna |page=20}}</ref><ref name="Gorz">{{cite book |title=Görz und Gradisca |date=1894|type = Map, 1:75,000 |publisher=K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut |location=Vienna}}</ref> or ''Comeno''<ref name="Atlante">{{cite book |title=Atlante stradale d'Italia. Nord |date=2004 |publisher=Touring Club Italiano |location=Milan |page=20}}</ref>) is a settlement in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Komen. It is located on the Karst Plateau in the Slovenian Littoral.<ref>[http://www.komen.si/ Komen municipal site]</ref>

==Name== Komen was attested in written sources in 1247 as ''Cominum'' (and as ''Cumin'' in 1255, ''de Cumino'' in 1269, and ''Comein'' in 1526). The name is probably derived from the Slavic common noun ''*komъ'' 'hill, mountain, elevation'. Derivation from the noun ''komin'' 'stove, chimney' is unlikely for accentual reasons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=197}}</ref> The Italian name, which is derived from the Slovene name, is given as ''Comen'' in older sources<ref name="Leksikon"/><ref name="Gorz"/> and ''Comeno'' in newer sources.<ref name="Atlante"/>

==History== In the Middle Ages, it was first part of the Duchy of Friuli and in the 13th century it was included in the County of Gorizia. Komen was first mentioned in a document from 1247. In 1500, the whole region fell under Habsburg dominion and it was included in the County of Gorizia and Gradisca until 1918. During World War I, the western parts of the municipality were devastated by the Battles of the Isonzo. After the end of the war in November 1918, the area was occupied by Italian troops and annexed to Italy with the Treaty of Rapallo in 1920. On February 15, 1944, the village of Komen was burned down by the Nazi German troops as retaliation for Partisan resistance activity in the area; the surviving inhabitants were forcibly resettled to Bavaria, from where they only returned after the end of World War II. In 1947, it became part of Yugoslavia and in 1991 of independent Slovenia.

==Notable people== Notable people that were born or lived in Komen include: *Franco Giraldi, screenwriter (1931–2020) *Adela Žgur, academic (1909–1992)

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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Komen}} * [https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:823_x1530679.0497341866_y5751981.352064442_s14_b2345 Komen on Geopedia]

{{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Komen