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Občina Kobarid

Area:

192.7 km²

Population
- males
- females

4,472
2,203
2,269

Average age:

36.31 years

Residential areas:
- households:
- families:

35.99 m²/person
1,652
1,182

Working active:
- unemployed:

2,017
178

Average salary (August 2003):
- gross:
- net:

203,460 SIT
134,019 SIT

Students:

168

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Kobarid (Italian Caporetto) is a town and a municipality in the upper Soča (Italian Isonzo) valley, West Slovenia, near Italian border. location of Kobarid in Slovenia File links The following pages link to this file: Kobarid Categories: GFDL images ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tolar has been the currency of Slovenia since October 1991. ... Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije, SURS) is independent Slovenian government institution, in charge for official statistical surveying. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The river SoÄa (Italian Isonzo) is a river in West Slovenia and North Italy. ...

Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where which the Italian Retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel, A Farewell to Arms. The Battle of Caporetto (or Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers), took place from October 24 to November 9, 1917, near Kobarid (now Slovenia) on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into... Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 â€“ July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II, are characterized by terse minimalism and understatement; they exerted... A Farewell to Arms book cover A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway in 1929. ...

The adjacent Tonočov Grad archaeological site has buildings said to date back to Roman Empire days The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of cesarus vaginius (better known as Caesar Augustus). ...

External links

Kobarid, official page of municipality in Slovene, English, Italian and German
Museum of World War I, Kobarid - English and Slovene

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Nacionalno Turistično Združenje - National Tourist Association [Kobarid] (340 words)
	Kobarid (Caporetto, Karfreit) is situated at the meeting point of two valleys.
	Kobarid gained world recognition thanks to the greatest highland battle in human history that took place during World War I. This region was the scene of the first swift, sudden military offensive today known by the German word "blitzkrieg".
	The vicinity of Kobarid is dotted by telling traces of trenches and fortifications and an imposing tomb on the St. Antony's Hill, commemorating the Italian war casualties, reminding us of the ravages of war.

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