{{Expand Slovenian|date=August 2012|Strunjan}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Strunjan | other_name = ''Strugnano'' (Italian) | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> | motto = | image_skyline = Strunjan settlement.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Strunjan | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | 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<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Slovenia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = 25px Slovenia | subdivision_type1 = Traditional region | subdivision_name1 = Slovenian Littoral | subdivision_type2 = Statistical region | subdivision_name2 = Coastal–Karst | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Piran | 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 = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.51 | 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 = 2023 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 659 | 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|32|2.61|N|13|36|24.5|E|region:SI|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 37.7 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = <ref>[https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/en/Data/Data/05C5006S.px/ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]</ref> }} '''Strunjan''' ({{IPA|sl|stɾuˈnjaːn|pron|Sl-Strunjan.oga}}; {{langx|it|Strugnano}}) is a settlement in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.<ref>[http://www.piran.si/index.php?page=static&item=1&tree_root=1 Piran municipal site]</ref>

==Geography== The Strunjan Nature Reserve, located along a 4&nbsp;km stretch of Adriatic coast to the north of the settlement, is the longest section of unspoiled coastline in the entire Gulf of Trieste.<ref>[http://dragonja.mbss.org/Strunjan/index.html#top Strunjan Nature Reserve site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627215719/http://dragonja.mbss.org/Strunjan/index.html#top |date=2007-06-27 }}</ref> {{clear left}}

==Marian apparition== left|150px The former monastic church, now the parish church, in the settlement is dedicated to the Marian apparition at this place, in the night of August 14, 1512.{{cn|date=April 2022}} {{clear left}}

==Events== thumb|left|Persimmon Festival, 2005 Since 2001, Strunjan has held an annual persimmon festival ({{langx|sl|Praznik kakijev}}) every November. Together with the Vipava Valley and the Gorizia Hills, Strunjan has a favorable microclimate for persimmon cultivation, producing 30% of Slovenia's annual persimmon crop on about 20 hectares.<ref>[http://www.td-solinarstrunjan.net/15201/index.html Solinar Tourism Association of Strunjan {{in lang|sl}}]</ref> {{clear left}}

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Strunjan}} *[https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:3787_x1514734.2978237374_y5705071.268527038_s15_b2345 Strunjan on Geopedia]

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Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Piran Category:Slovenian Riviera Category:Spa towns in Slovenia

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