Municipality of Ajdovščina

The Municipality of Ajdovščina (pronounced [ˈaːi̯dɔu̯ʃtʃina]; Slovene: Občina Ajdovščina) is a municipality with a population of a little over 19,000 located in the Vipava Valley, southwestern Slovenia.^[1] The municipality was established in 1994.^[2] Its seat is in the town of Ajdovščina.^[3] As of 2020^[update], its mayor is Tadej Beočanin.^[4]

Municipality of Ajdovščina Občina Ajdovščina
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Ajdovščina in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′N 13°55′E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Tadej Beočanin (SD)
Area [1]
• Total	245.2 km2 (94.7 sq mi)
Population  (July 1, 2018)[1]
• Total	19,154
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GO
Website	ajdovscina.si

Ajdovščina is part of the Slovene Littoral traditional region as well as modern Gorizia statistical region.

The climate is influenced by the Mediterranean (minimum temperature in winter −1 °C (30 °F), maximum 17 °C (63 °F); in the summer time maximum temperature 39 °C (102 °F), minimum 20 °C (68 °F). Its characteristic is the bora wind, which may reach the speeds over 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph).

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Ajdovščina, the municipality includes the following settlements:

• Batuje
• Bela
• Brje
• Budanje
• Cesta
• Col
• Črniče
• Dobravlje
• Dolenje
• Dolga Poljana
• Gaberje
• Gojače
• Gozd
• Grivče
• Kamnje
• Kovk
• Kožmani
• Križna Gora
• Lokavec
• Male Žablje
• Malo Polje
• Malovše
• Otlica
• Plače
• Planina
• Podkraj
• Potoče
• Predmeja
• Ravne
• Selo
• Skrilje
• Šmarje
• Stomaž
• Tevče
• Ustje
• Velike Žablje
• Vipavski Križ
• Višnje
• Vodice
• Vrtovče
• Vrtovin
• Žagolič
• Žapuže
• Zavino

Demographics

Population by native language, 2002 census:

• Slovene: 16,760
• Serbo-Croatian: 787
• Albanian: 164
• Macedonian: 40
• Italian: 16
• Hungarian: 7
• German: 3
• Others: 38
• Unknown: 380

Notable residents

• Martin Baučer (1595–1668), historian
• Ivo Boscarol (born 1956), entrepreneur
• Anton Čebej (1722–1774), painter
• Miša Cigoj (born 1982), dancesport athlete
• Josip Križaj (1911–1948), aviator
• Tobia Lionelli (1647–1714), preacher
• Karel Lavrič (1818–1876), politician
• Danilo Lokar (1892–1989), author
• Veno Pilon (1896–1970), painter
• Marijan Poljšak (born 1945), politician
• Edi Šelhaus (1919–2011), photographer, photojournalist
• Avgust Žigon (1877–1941), literary historian