Cetore

Place in Littoral, Slovenia

Cetore Vinica (1957–1988)
45°30′7.14″N 13°38′53.84″E / 45.5019833°N 13.6482889°E / 45.5019833; 13.6482889
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Coastal–Karst
Municipality	Izola
Area
• Total	1.61 km² (0.62 sq mi)
Elevation	211.5 m (693.9 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	113
^[1]

Cetore (pronounced [ˈtseːtɔɾɛ]; Italian: Settore) is a small village in the Municipality of Izola in the Littoral region of Slovenia.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Cetore to Vinica in 1957.^[3] The name Vinica was an ideological (i.e., anti-Italian) change under the communist regime, referring to the native village of the Slovene poet Oton Župančič, who was born in Vinica, White Carniola.^[4] The name Cetore was restored in 1988.^[5]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ "Izola municipal site". Archived from the original on 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
^ "Uredba o razglasitvi novih naselij, o združitvi naselij in o preimenovanju naselij". Uradni list Ljudske republike Slovenije. 14 (40): 669–670. October 31, 1957. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
^ Urbanc, Mimi. 2011. Pokrajinske predstave o Slovenski Istri (= Georitem 15). Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU, p. 85.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.