Sežana (Italian: Sesana) is a town and a municipality in the Karst region of western Slovenia, near the border with Italy. According to the census of 2002, it has a population of 11,842, of which around 4,500 live in the town of Sežana and the rest in the neighbouring rural areas.
Sežana is located about 10 km from Trieste, Italy, and 80 km from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In the past, a large border crossing between Slovenia and Italy was located in the village of Fernetiči (Italian: Fernetti), but border immigration and customs checks have been stopped since December 21st 2007 when Slovenia joined the Schengen zone. The first main town in Italy is Villa Opicina, where the first Italian railway station after Sežana.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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