Lokev
Lokev is a settlement in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia, close to the border with Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marino-sl, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 780 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Lokev, Sežana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vilenica Cave and Monte Cocusso.
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.
Monte Cocusso
Peak
Photo: Rupikaber, Public domain.
Mount Cocusso is a mountainous relief on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It is the highest mountain in the Trieste Karst. Monte Cocusso is situated 3½ km southwest of Lokev.
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 northeast of Lokev.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prelože pri Lokvi and Kačiče-Pared.
Prelože pri Lokvi
Village
Prelože pri Lokvi is a settlement south of Lokev in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Kačiče-Pared
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kačiče–Pared is a settlement in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Kačiče-Pared is situated 3½ km southeast of Lokev.
Lipica
Lipica is a village in the Coast and Karst region of Slovenia. It is famous for the pure white Lipizzaner horses that have been bred in the area for 400 years.
Lokev
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Sežana, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.66085° or 45° 39′ 39″ northLongitude
13.92908° or 13° 55′ 45″ eastPopulation
780Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)United Nations Location Code
SI SEZOpen location code
8FQMMW6H+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 297307503OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Lokev” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Lokev”
- Bulgarian: “Локев”
- Cebuano: “Lokev”
- Chechen: “Локев”
- Croatian: “Lokev”
- Dutch: “Lokev”
- French: “Lokev”
- German: “Hülben”
- Irish: “Lokev”
- Italian: “Corgnale”
- Italian: “Corniale”
- Italian: “Lokev”
- Macedonian: “Локев”
- Persian: “لوکو، سژانا”
- Polish: “Lokev”
- Romanian: “Lokev, Sežana”
- Romanian: “Lokev”
- Russian: “Локев”
- Serbian: “Локев”
- Slovenian: “Lokev, Sežana”
- Slovenian: “Lokev”
- Tatar: “Локев”
- Ukrainian: “Локев”
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