Čepovan

Čepovan
The former parish church in Čepovan
Čepovan
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°2′58.93″N 13°47′35.9″E / 46.0497028°N 13.793306°E / 46.0497028; 13.793306
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionSlovenian Littoral
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityNova Gorica
Area
  Total
20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
604.4 m (1,982.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total
365

Čepovan (pronounced [ˈtʃeːpɔʋan]; Italian: Chiapovano, German: Tschepobon) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Apart from the main village of Čepovan, it extends to include a number of smaller hamlets in the valley known as Čepovanski Dol: Dol, Drage, Frata, Griva, Lazna, Močile, Podčepovna, Pod Goro (Slovene: Pod goro), Puštale, Robe, Rut, Šulgi, Tesno, Vrata, and Vrše.