Budanje (; german: Budaine;
[''Memorie della Società geografica italiana'', vol. 15. 1915. Rome: Società geografica italiana, p. 167.] it, Budagne
) is a settlement in the upper
Vipava Valley
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in the
Municipality of Ajdovščina
The Municipality of Ajdovščina (; sl, Občina Ajdovščina) is a municipality with a population of a little over 19,000 located in the Vipava Valley, southwestern Slovenia. The municipality was established in 1994. Its seat is in the town of Aj ...
in the traditional
Inner Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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.
It is now generally regarded as part of the
Slovenian Littoral. It includes the hamlets of Avžlak, Brith, Kodelska Vas, Žgavska Vas, Krašnovska Vas, Severska Vas, Kranjčevska Vas, Pirčevska Vas, Grapa, Žaga, Perovce, Šumljak, and Log.
Name
Budanje was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as ''Bdanije'', ''Bedanije'', and ''Bedanje''. The name is probably derived from the
hypocorism
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''Budan''; if so, the name is originally a plural
demonym meaning 'inhabitants of Budan's village'.
History
Budanje annexed the formerly independent settlement of Severska Vas in 1952.
Churches
There are three churches in Budanje. The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Nicholas and belongs to the
Koper Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. A second church belonging to the parish is built on a small hill above the main village and is dedicated to
Saint Acacius. A church in the hamlet of Log is dedicated to
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted and belongs to the
Parish
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of
Vipava Vipava can refer to:
* Vipava, Vipava, town in southwestern Slovenia
* Vipava (river), in Slovenia and Italy
* Vipava Valley
The Vipava Valley (; sl, Vipavska dolina, german: Wippachtal, it, Valle del Vipacco) is a valley in the Slovenian Li ...
.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Budanje include the following:
* (1869–1941), historian, writer, and ethnobotanist
References
External links
*
Budanje on Geopedia
{{Ajdovščina
Populated places in the Municipality of Ajdovščina