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Šmihel is a village south of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.NameThe name of the settlement was changed from Šmihel na Krasu to Dolane in 1952. 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 Šmihel was restored in 1990.ChurchThe parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Michael and belongs to the Koper Diocese.
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