# Municipality of Pivka > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Municipality_of_Pivka > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Municipality_of_Pivka.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Pivka > Source revision: 1343955010 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Municipality of Slovenia Municipality in Slovenia Municipality of Pivka Občina Pivka Municipality Location of the Municipality of Pivka in Slovenia Coordinates: 45°41′N 14°12′E / 45.683°N 14.200°E / 45.683; 14.200 Country Slovenia Government • Mayor Robert Smrdelj (Independent) Area • Total 223.3 km2 (86.2 sq mi) Population (2002)[1] • Total 5,926 • Density 26.54/km2 (68.73/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02 (CEST) The **Municipality of Pivka** (pronounced [\[ˈpiːu̯ka\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Slovene); [Slovene](/source/Slovene_language): *Občina Pivka*) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Slovenia) in [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) in the [Pivka Basin](/source/Pivka_Basin) in the [Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region](/source/Littoral%E2%80%93Inner_Carniola_Statistical_Region). Its seat is the town of [Pivka](/source/Pivka). It belongs to the traditional region of [Inner Carniola](/source/Inner_Carniola).[2] ## Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Pivka, the municipality also includes the following settlements: - [Buje](/source/Buje%2C_Pivka) - [Čepno](/source/%C4%8Cepno) - [Dolnja Košana](/source/Dolnja_Ko%C5%A1ana) - [Drskovče](/source/Drskov%C4%8De) - [Gornja Košana](/source/Gornja_Ko%C5%A1ana) - [Gradec](/source/Gradec%2C_Pivka) - [Juršče](/source/Jur%C5%A1%C4%8De) - [Kal](/source/Kal%2C_Pivka) - [Klenik](/source/Klenik%2C_Pivka) - [Mala Pristava](/source/Mala_Pristava%2C_Pivka) - [Nadanje Selo](/source/Nadanje_Selo) - [Narin](/source/Narin%2C_Pivka) - [Neverke](/source/Neverke) - [Nova Sušica](/source/Nova_Su%C5%A1ica) - [Palčje](/source/Pal%C4%8Dje) - [Parje](/source/Parje) - [Petelinje](/source/Petelinje%2C_Pivka) - [Ribnica](/source/Ribnica%2C_Pivka) - [Selce](/source/Selce%2C_Pivka) - [Šilentabor](/source/%C5%A0ilentabor) - [Slovenska Vas](/source/Slovenska_Vas%2C_Pivka) - [Šmihel](/source/%C5%A0mihel%2C_Pivka) - [Stara Sušica](/source/Stara_Su%C5%A1ica%2C_Slovenia) - [Suhorje](/source/Suhorje) - [Trnje](/source/Trnje%2C_Pivka) - [Velika Pristava](/source/Velika_Pristava) - [Volče](/source/Vol%C4%8De%2C_Pivka) - [Zagorje](/source/Zagorje%2C_Pivka) ## History Although the Pivka region has been a strategically important location since ancient times, it became even more important with the construction of the [Vienna](/source/Vienna)–[Trieste](/source/Trieste) railway (the [Austrian Southern Railway](/source/Austrian_Southern_Railway)) in 1857 and the [Št. Peter na Krasu](/source/Pivka)–[Rijeka](/source/Rijeka) railway twenty years later. In 1930, while it was under the [Italian](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861-1946)) control, the strategic hills over the town of Pivka were heavily fortified and included in the [Alpine Wall](/source/Alpine_Wall) system of defenses, which stretched from the Bay of [Genoa](/source/Genoa) to the [Kvarner Gulf](/source/Kvarner_Gulf). Št. Peter na Krasu and the nearby barracks in Hrastje ("Crastie di San Pietro" then, now part of the town of Pivka) were one of the strongest points in the eastern section of the Alpine Wall. ## Military History Park On the basis of this military history from ancient times to the 20th century, the Municipality of Pivka has arranged the [Pivka Park of Military History](/source/Pivka_Park_of_Military_History), with many tanks and artillery, a small aircraft collection, and a former Yugoslav [*Una*-class commando submarine](/source/Una-class_submarine) (P-913 Zeta). The municipality hopes to develop the park into a tourism destination that will complement alongside [Postojna Cave](/source/Postojna_Cave) and other local attractions. The first military re-enactment was staged in the park in September 2007.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002](http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pivka municipal site"](http://www.pivka.si/podrocje.aspx). Retrieved 2012-12-01.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Pivka Military History Park, official site](http://www.parkvojaskezgodovine.si/) ## External links - Media related to [Municipality of Pivka](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipality_of_Pivka) at Wikimedia Commons - [Municipality of Pivka on Geopedia](https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2463:101_x1586470.3247144786_y5730614.290217869_s12_b2345) - [Pivka municipal site](http://www.pivka.si) Places adjacent to Municipality of Pivka Postojna Cerknica Divača Pivka Loška Dolina Ilirska Bistrica v t e Municipality of Pivka Settlements Administrative seat: Pivka Current Buje Čepno Dolnja Košana Drskovče Gornja Košana Gradec Juršče Kal Klenik Mala Pristava Nadanje Selo Narin Neverke Nova Sušica Palčje Parje Petelinje Ribnica Selce Šilentabor Slovenska Vas Šmihel Stara Sušica Suhorje Trnje Velika Pristava Volče Zagorje Former Hrastje Radohova Vas Landmarks Kalec Castle Pivka Basin Pivka Military History Park Šilentabor Castle Notable persons Antonija Volk Krebelj v t e Municipalities of Slovenia Urban municipalities Celje Koper Kranj Krško Ljubljana Maribor Murska Sobota Nova Gorica Novo Mesto Ptuj Slovenj Gradec Velenje Non-urban municipalities Ajdovščina Ankaran Apače Beltinci Benedikt Bistrica ob Sotli Bled Bloke Bohinj Borovnica Bovec Braslovče Brda Brežice Brezovica Cankova Cerklje na Gorenjskem Cerknica Cerkno Cerkvenjak Cirkulane Črenšovci Črna na Koroškem Črnomelj Destrnik Divača Dobje Dobrepolje Dobrna Dobrova–Polhov Gradec Dobrovnik Dol pri Ljubljani Dolenjske Toplice Domžale Dornava Dravograd Duplek Gorenja Vas–Poljane Gorišnica Gorje Gornja Radgona Gornji Grad Gornji Petrovci Grad Grosuplje Hajdina Hoče-Slivnica Hodoš Horjul Hrastnik Hrpelje-Kozina Idrija Ig Ilirska Bistrica Ivančna Gorica Izola Jesenice Jezersko Juršinci Kamnik Kanal ob Soči Kidričevo Kobarid Kobilje Kočevje Komen Komenda Kostanjevica na Krki Kostel Kozje Kranjska Gora Križevci Kungota Kuzma Laško Lenart Lendava Litija Ljubno Ljutomer Log-Dragomer Logatec Loška Dolina Loški Potok Lovrenc na Pohorju Luče Lukovica Majšperk Makole Markovci Medvode Mengeš Metlika Mežica Miklavž na Dravskem Polju Miren-Kostanjevica Mirna Mirna Peč Mislinja Mokronog-Trebelno Moravče Moravske Toplice Mozirje Muta Naklo Nazarje Odranci Oplotnica Ormož Osilnica Pesnica Piran Pivka Podčetrtek Podlehnik Podvelka Poljčane Polzela Postojna Prebold Preddvor Prevalje Puconci Rače-Fram Radeče Radenci Radlje ob Dravi Radovljica Ravne na Koroškem Razkrižje Rečica ob Savinji Renče–Vogrsko Ribnica Ribnica na Pohorju Rogaška Slatina Rogašovci Rogatec Ruše Šalovci Selnica ob Dravi Semič Šempeter-Vrtojba Šenčur Šentilj Šentjernej Šentjur Šentrupert Sevnica Sežana Škocjan Škofja Loka Škofljica Slovenska Bistrica Slovenske Konjice Šmarje pri Jelšah Šmarješke Toplice Šmartno pri Litiji Šmartno ob Paki Sodražica Solčava Šoštanj Središče ob Dravi Starše Štore Straža Sveta Ana Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah Sveti Tomaž Tabor Tišina Tolmin Trbovlje Trebnje Trnovska Vas Tržič Trzin Turnišče Velika Polana Velike Lašče Veržej Videm Vipava Vitanje Vodice Vojnik Vransko Vrhnika Vuzenica Zagorje ob Savi Žalec Zavrč Železniki Žetale Žiri Žirovnica Zreče Žužemberk Authority control databases: Geographic MusicBrainz area --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Municipality of Pivka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Pivka) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Pivka?action=history)). 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