Materija

Place in Littoral, Slovenia

Materija

Materija

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°34′51.2″N 13°59′46.02″E﻿ / ﻿45.580889°N 13.9961167°E﻿ / 45.580889; 13.9961167
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Littoral
Statistical region| Coastal–Karst
Municipality| Hrpelje-Kozina
Area

• Total

| 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation

| 507.3 m (1,664.4 ft)
Population

(2002)

• Total

| 60
[1]

Materija (pronounced [matɛˈɾiːja]; Italian: Matteria) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2] It lies between fields and meadows in the Materija Lowland (Slovene: Matarsko podolje), a dry karst valley bottom, along Route 7 from Rijeka to Trieste.[3]

Materija village center

## Notable people

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* Leon Žlebnik (1918–2004), philosopher

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Hrpelje-Kozina municipal site Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 323.

## External links

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* Media related to Materija at Wikimedia Commons
* Materija on Geopedia

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Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Hrpelje

* Artviže
* Bač pri Materiji
* Beka
* Brezovica
* Brezovo Brdo
* Golac
* Gradišče pri Materiji
* Gradišica
* Hotična
* Javorje
* Klanec pri Kozini
* Kovčice
* Kozina
* Krvavi Potok
* Markovščina
* Materija
* Mihele
* Mrše
* Nasirec
* Obrov
* Ocizla
* Odolina
* Orehek pri Materiji
* Ostrovica
* Petrinje
* Poljane pri Podgradu
* Povžane
* Prešnica
* Ritomeče
* Rodik
* Rožice
* Skadanščina
* Slivje
* Slope
* Tatre
* Tublje pri Hrpeljah
* Velike Loče
* Vrhpolje

Landmarks|

* Tabor Fortress ruins

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