Geography of border settlement Dvori near Movraž

Settlement Dvori is situated in the closest vicinity of the Slovene-Croatian border above the cross point Sočerga and the Croatian settlement Mlini. The nearest supply centre is Gračišče from which the settlement is 12 km far off and from Koper it is more than 20 km far off. Former road connection with Mlini is disconnected due to the state border and a steep macamade road is leading to the railway station Rakitovec (railway cross point at the railway track to Pula). The inhabitants of the settlement Dvori were in the past more connected with Buzet, which is 7 km far off than with Koper, but nowadays they are depending on Koper from the employment as well as from the supply point of view. The settlement is characterised by permanent decrease of the number of inhabitants as well as by increasing number of aged households with no successors and abandonment of agriculture, resulting in overgrowing of cultural land. Living of the inhabitants was not influenced negatively by establishment of the state border and consecutive border position. Over-border propriety is of concern only for the Croatian inhabitants, employment and supply on the Croatian borderline was not usual also before 1991, but the connections among relatives are still strong