The Municipality of Ajdovščina (; sl, Občina Ajdovščina) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
with a population of a little over 19,000 located in the
Vipava Valley, southwestern
Slovenia
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.
The municipality was established in 1994. Its seat is in the town of
Ajdovščina. , its mayor is
Tadej Beočanin.
Ajdovščina is part of the
Slovene Littoral traditional region as well as modern
Gorizia statistical region
The Gorizia Statistical Region ( sl, Goriška statistična regija) is a statistical region in western Slovenia, along the border with Italy. It is named after the Italian town of Gorizia (the feminine adjective ''goriška'' comes from the Sloven ...
.
The climate is influenced by the
Mediterranean
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(minimum temperature in winter , maximum ; in the summer time maximum temperature , minimum . Its characteristic is the
bora wind, which may reach the speeds over .
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Ajdovščina, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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Batuje
Batuje (; it, Battùglia) is a settlement in the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Name
Batuje was attested in written sources in 1060–83 as ''Batauia'' (and as ''Buttavia'' after 1086, ''ze B ...
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Bela
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Brje
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Budanje
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Cesta
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Col
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Črniče
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Dobravlje
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Dolenje
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Dolga Poljana
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Gaberje
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Gojače
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Gozd
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Grivče
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Kamnje
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Kovk
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Kožmani
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Križna Gora
Križna Gora (; german: Kreuzberg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.) is a small settlement northwest of Škofja Loka in the Municipal ...
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Lokavec
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Male Žablje
Male Žablje () is a settlement on the right bank of the Vipava River, south of Vipavski Križ, in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Name
The name ''Male Žablje'' literally means 'little Žablje', contrasti ...
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Malo Polje
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Malovše
Malovše () is a village on the northern edge of the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and belongs to the Par ...
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Otlica
Otlica () is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is made up of smaller clusters of the hamlets of Sibirija, Kitajska, Kurja Vas ( sl, Kurja vas), and Cerkovna, as well as a number of outl ...
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Plače
Plače () is a small settlement in the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the neighbouring villages of Male Žablje and Vipavski Križ it forms the local community of Vipavski ...
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Planina
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Podkraj
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Potoče
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Predmeja
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Ravne
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Selo
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Skrilje
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Šmarje
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Stomaž
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Tevče
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Ustje
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Velike Žablje
Velike Žablje () is a village on the southern edge of the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Name
The name ''Velike Žablje'' literally means 'big Žablje', contrasting with neighboring ''Male Ž ...
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Vipavski Križ
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Višnje
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Vodice
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Vrtovče
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Vrtovin
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Žagolič
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Žapuže
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Zavino
Demographics
Population by native language, 2002 census:
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Slovene: 16,760
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Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
: 787
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Albanian: 164
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Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: 40
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Italian: 16
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Hungarian: 7
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German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
: 3
*Others: 38
*Unknown: 380
Notable residents
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Martin Baučer
Martin Bauzer (11 November 1595 – 23 December 1668), also known as Martin Bavčer (other spellings: Martin Baučer, Martin Bavčar), was a historian from Gorizia who wrote in Latin.
Bauzer was born in the village of Selo near Ajdovščina ...
(1595–1668), historian
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Anton Čebej (1722–1774), painter
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Miša Cigoj (born 1982), dancesport athlete
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Josip Križaj (1911–1948), pilot
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Tobia Lionelli (1647–1714), preacher
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Karel Lavrič
Karel Lavrič, also spelled Laurič or Lauritsch (1 November 1818 – 3 March 1876), was a Carniolan Liberalism, liberal politician and lawyer from the Austrian Littoral. He was of Slovenes, Slovene descent and was one of the most prominent activ ...
(1818–1876), politician
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Danilo Lokar (1892–1989), author
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Veno Pilon (1896–1970), painter
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Marijan Poljšak (born 1945), politician
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Edi Šelhaus (1919–2011), photographer, photojournalist
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Avgust Žigon (1877–1941), literary historian
References
External links
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Municipality of Ajdovščina on Geopedia*
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1994 establishments in Slovenia