Dragonja / Dragogna

History

Dragonja was created as a village in 1960 by combining various scattered houses and hamlets along the route between Šmarje and Buje, Croatia. Remnants of Roman settlement have been discovered in the area. Roman brick was found to the southeast in 1924, remains of a Roman brick wall were found during regulation of the Dragonja River, and a Roman cremation burial was discovered at the bridge across the Dragonja. After the Second World War, a brick kiln operated in the hamlet of Ruda.

Geography

Dragonja lies on the right bank of the Dragonja River on the border with Croatia. The nearby Dragonja international border crossing is one of the main crossings from Slovenian into Croatian Istria. The territory of Dragonja extends along the valleys of the Dragonja and Drnica rivers, and it include the hamlets of Gočan, Križišče Sečovlje, Križišče, Stena, Mlini, Rota, Pesjanci, Ruda, Slami, and Vuki.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  3,466
• Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron

  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,088
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,517
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,420
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  2,402
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,386
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,376
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,252

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2023-07-29
  8 km ENE of Klana, Croatia
• M 4.7 — 2023-02-16
  3 km W of Baška, Croatia
• M 4 — 2020-07-17
  5 km SSE of Bovec, Slovenia
• M 3.5 — 2020-05-13
  3 km NE of Crikvenica, Croatia
• M 4 — 2017-08-08
  3 km SSW of Jadranovo, Croatia
• M 4 — 2015-08-29
  4 km E of Kobarid, Slovenia