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. The municipality was established in 1994. Its seat is in the town of Ajdovščina. As of 2020, 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 −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).
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Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Ajdovščina, the municipality 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
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