Čepovan (pronounced [ˈtʃeːpɔʋan]; Italian: Chiapovano, German: Tschepobon)[2] is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.

Apart from the main village of Čepovan, it extends to include a number of smaller hamlets in the valley known as Čepovanski Dol:[3] Dol, Drage, Frata, Griva, Lazna, Močile, Podčepovna, Pod Goro (Slovene: Pod goro), Puštale, Robe, Rut, Šulgi, Tesno, Vrata, and Vrše.

[2] The parish priest Blaž Grčar opened a lace-making school in Čepovan in 1890, helping promote this home industry.

The settlement was affected by the First World War, reminders of which include an abandoned military cemetery.

During the Second World War, a Partisan field hospital was located in the hamlet of Vrše, and a command bunker to the north in nearby Grudnica.