Občina Koper
Municipio di Capodistria

Area:	311.2 km²
Population  - males  - females	47,539 23,385 24,154
Average age:	38.28 years
Residential areas:  - households:  - families:	32.34 m²/person 17,391 13,879
Working active:  - unemployed:	23,397 2,907
Average salary (August 2003):  - gross:  - net:	257,219 SIT 160,373 SIT
Students:	1,800
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Koper (Capodistria in Italian), pop. 25,000, is a coastal municipality and the largest commercial port in Slovenia, on the Adriatic Sea coast. Sights in Koper include 15th century Praetorian Palace in Venetian Gothic style, the 12th century Carmine Rotunda church, and the Cathedral of St Nazarius with its 14th century tower. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... location of Koper in Slovenia, from sl: File links The following pages link to this file: Koper ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... 2003 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 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

History

Koper rose from an ancient settlement built on an island in the southeastern part of the Gulf of Koper in the northern Adriatic. In the time of Ancient Greece, the town was known as Aegida, later it became known by its Latin names Capris, Caprea, Capre or Caprista, from which the modern Slovenian name stems from. Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

In 568, Roman citizens of nearby Tergestum (modern Trieste) fled to Koper due to an invasion of the Lombards. In honour of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II, Koper was renamed to Justinople. Later, Koper was under both Lombard and Frankish rule. Events April 1 - King Alboin leads the Lombards into Italy; refugees fleeing from them go on to found Venice. ... Location within Italy Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was Byzantine emperor from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ... The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern...

Trade between Koper and Venice was registered since 932. In the war between Venice and Germany (Holy Roman Empire), Koper was on the German side, and was in result awarded by town rights, granted in 1035 by the emperor Conrad II. Since 1232, Koper belonged to the patriarch in Aquileia, and in 1278 it joined the republic of Venice. Location within Italy Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Events Foundation of the St. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... Conrad II (c. ... Events Canonization of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of lost items Pope Gregory IX driven from Rome by a revolt, taking refuge at Anagni First edition of Tripitaka Koreana destroyed by Mongol invaders Births Manfred of Sicily Arnolfo di Cambio, a Florentine architect (may have been born in 1245) Deaths... Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. ... Aquileia (Friulian Acuilee, Slovene Oglej), an ancient town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 6 to. ... Events August 26 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat the Bohemians in the Battle of Marchfield. ...

Koper grew to become the capital of Venetian Istria and was renamed to Caput Histriae, "head of Istria" (from which its modern Italian name Capodistria stems from). Rovinj, on the western coast of Croatian Istria. ...

Since the 8th century, possibly even since 6th century, Koper was the seat of bishop. One of Koper's bishops was the Lutheran reformer Pier Paolo Vergerio. In 1828, it was merged the diocese of Trieste. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... (5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland) Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Vergerios bust at Koper, Slowenia Pier (also: Pietro) Paolo Vergerio (1498-1565) was an Italian Reformer. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ...

During the Austrian empire, Koper-Capodistria was, along with Trieste part of the Adriatic Kunstland region. Assigned to Italy after World War I, at the end of World War II was part of the zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste, controlled by Yugoslavia. Most of the italian inhabitants left the city and the exodus continued until 1954, when the Free Territory of Trieste formally ceased to exist and part B was incorporeted in Tito's state. The official name was changed to Koper (before, even during the Austrians, official maps always reported the italian name Capodistria). The diocese was separated from Trieste. Location within Italy Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: Immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons - the atom bomb being the ultimate. ... The Free Territory of Trieste (Italian Territorio Libero di Trieste, Slovenian Svobodno tržaško ozemlje, Serbo-Croatian Slobodna teritorija Trsta) was a neutral state of 738km2 with approx. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... The Free Territory of Trieste (Italian Territorio Libero di Trieste, Slovenian Svobodno tržaško ozemlje, Serbo-Croatian Slobodna teritorija Trsta) was a neutral state of 738km2 with approx. ...

With Slovenian independence in 1991 Koper became the only commercial port town of Slovenia. This municipality of Koper is officially bilingual (Slovenian and Italian).

External links

• Official website in English