Povir
Povir is a village in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Britof, Dulanja Vas, and Guranja Vas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Povir railway stop and Vilenica Cave.
Povir railway stop
Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Povir railway stop is a railway station.
Vilenica Cave
Cave
Photo: Tiesse, Public domain.
Vilenica Cave or Vilenica Cave at Lokev is the oldest show cave in Europe. The first tourists to the cave were recorded in 1633. It is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia. Vilenica Cave is situated 3½ km southwest of Povir.
Divača railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Divača railway station is a significant railway station in Divača, Slovenia. It was opened in 1857, and is located close to the Italian border, on the main railway line between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Trieste, Italy. Divača railway station is situated 3½ km southeast of Povir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žirje and Gorenje pri Divači.
Žirje
Hamlet
Žirje is a small village northeast of Povir in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Gorenje pri Divači
Village
Gorenje pri Divači is a settlement northwest of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies within the Municipality of Sežana.
Plešivica
Hamlet
Plešivica is a small village west of Povir in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Povir
- Type: Village with 335 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Sežana, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.7° or 45° 42′ northLongitude
13.93256° or 13° 55′ 57″ eastPopulation
335Elevation
405 metres (1,329 feet)Open location code
8FQMPW2M+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 842977169OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3192626Wikidata ID
Q553777
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Povir” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Povir”
- Bulgarian: “Повир”
- Cebuano: “Povir”
- Chechen: “Повир”
- Croatian: “Povir”
- Dutch: “Povir”
- French: “Povir”
- Irish: “Povir”
- Italian: “Poverio”
- Italian: “Povir”
- Macedonian: “Повир”
- Polish: “Povir”
- Romanian: “Povir”
- Russian: “Повир”
- Serbian: “Повир”
- Slovenian: “Povir”
- Tatar: “Повир”
- Ukrainian: “Повір”
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