Kobarid
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| Area: | 192.7 km² | |
| Population - males - females | 4,472 2,203 2,269 | |
| Average age: | 36.31 years | |
| Residential areas: - households: - families: | 35.99 m²/person 1,652 1,182 | |
| Working active: - unemployed: | 2,017 178 | |
| Average salary (August 2003): - gross: - net: | 203,460 SIT 134,019 SIT | |
| Students: | 168 | |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | ||
Kobarid (Italian Caporetto) is a town and a municipality in the upper Soča (Italian Isonzo) valley, West Slovenia, near Italian border.
Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where which the Italian Retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel, A Farewell to Arms.
The adjacent Tonočov Grad archaeological site has buildings said to date back to Roman Empire days
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External links
- Kobarid, official page of municipality in Slovene, English, Italian and German
- Museum of World War I, Kobarid - English and Slovene
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