Sveti Peter, Piran

Place in Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia

Sveti Peter Šupeter (locally), San Pietro dell'Amata (Italian)

45°27′59.72″N 13°41′3.94″E / 45.4665889°N 13.6844278°E / 45.4665889; 13.6844278
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Coastal–Karst
Municipality	Piran
Area
• Total	3.96 km² (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	329
^[1]

Sveti Peter (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈpeːtəɾ]; Italian: San Pietro dell'Amata^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.^[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Peter (literally, 'Saint Peter') to Raven (literally, 'plain') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Sveti Peter was restored in 1992.^[4]^[5]^[6] The settlement is also known locally as Šupeter.^[7]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter.

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 39.
^ Piran municipal site
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
^ Piransko podeželje / L'entroterra di Pirano. 2010. Piran: Občina Piran.