Municipality of Ajdovščina

Municipality of Ajdovščina
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
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)
Website	ajdovscina.si

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, its mayor is Tadej Beočanin.[4]

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 also includes the following settlements:

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
Anton Čebej (1722–1774), painter
Miša Cigoj (born 1982), dancesport athlete
Josip Križaj (1911–1948), pilot
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

References

"Občina Ajdovščina". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
Milenković, Aleksandar (2007). "Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah" [The Establishment of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Slovenia in Numbers] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. p. 14. ISBN 978-961-239-131-7.
"Pregled mestnih naselij in naselij mestnih območij, merila za uvrstitev, sedeži občin, podatki o prebivalstvu in delovno aktivnem prebivalstvu, Slovenija, 1. 1. 2011" [Review of urban settlements and settlements within urban areas, classification criteria, seats of municipalities, data on population and persons in employment, Slovenia, 1 January 2011]. Statistični letopis Republike Slovenije [The Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia] (in English and Slovenian). Ljubljana: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2011. ISSN 1318-5403.
"Občine Slovenije: Občina Ajdovščina" [The Municipalities of Slovenia: The Municipality of Ajdovščina]. Skupnostobcin.si (in Slovenian). Skupnost občin Slovenije [Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia]. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

External links

Municipality of Ajdovščina on Geopedia
Municipality of Ajdovščina official page (in Slovene)

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[SURS-1] "Občina Ajdovščina". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

[2] Milenković, Aleksandar (2007). "Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah" [The Establishment of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Slovenia in Numbers] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. p. 14. ISBN 978-961-239-131-7.

[3] "Pregled mestnih naselij in naselij mestnih območij, merila za uvrstitev, sedeži občin, podatki o prebivalstvu in delovno aktivnem prebivalstvu, Slovenija, 1. 1. 2011" [Review of urban settlements and settlements within urban areas, classification criteria, seats of municipalities, data on population and persons in employment, Slovenia, 1 January 2011]. Statistični letopis Republike Slovenije [The Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia] (in English and Slovenian). Ljubljana: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2011. ISSN 1318-5403.

[4] "Občine Slovenije: Občina Ajdovščina" [The Municipalities of Slovenia: The Municipality of Ajdovščina]. Skupnostobcin.si (in Slovenian). Skupnost občin Slovenije [Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia]. Retrieved 20 February 2013.