The Municipality of 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 Ajdovščina. , its mayor is Tadej Beočanin.
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 , 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 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
References
External links
Municipality of Ajdovščina on Geopedia