The Municipality of Vipava (; sl, Občina Vipava) is a municipality in western

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The seat of the municipality is the town 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 ...

. Historically, it used to be a part of the traditional region of

Inner Carniola Inner Carniola ( sl, Notranjska; german: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the ...

, but it is now generally regarded as a part of the

Slovenian Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Ad ...

. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Ajdovščina was subdivided into the municipalities of

Ajdovščina Ajdovščina (; it, Aidussina,trilingual name "Haidenschaft, Aidussina, Ajdovščina" inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgege ...

and Vipava.Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2007. ''Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah,'' no. 6.
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Division

The Municipality of Vipava is subdivided into 11 local communities ( sl, krajevne skupnosti), which comprise one or more villages. They are Vipava, Erzelj,

Goče Goče (, german: Gotsche) is a village in the hills southwest of Vipava in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now generally regarded as part of the Slovenian Littoral. It includes the hamlets of Bešenca, Na Grofovem, Na Jagni ...

, Gradišče pri Vipavi, Lozice, Lože,

Manče Manče () is a village in the upper Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Vipava in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Church A small church built above the village in the 1990s was dedicated to Saint Martin in 2000 and is privately owned. Notable ...

Podnanos Podnanos (; formerly ''Šent Vid'' or ''Šentvid'' (''nad Vipavo''), german: Sct. Veit, it, San Vito di Vipacco) is a village in the upper Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Vipava in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now ...

, Podraga, Slap, and Vrhpolje.

References

External links

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Municipality of Vipava at GeopediaVipava Valley Tourist Association site
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1994 establishments in Slovenia