Municipality of Ajdovščina
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.
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 also includes the following settlements:
Population by native language, 2002 census:
- Slovene: 16,760
- Bosnian: 325
- Serbian: 182
- Serbo-Croatian: 141
- Croatian: 139
- Albanian: 164
- Macedonian: 40
- Italian: 16
- Hungarian: 7
- German: 3
- Others: 38
- Unknown: 380
- Martin Baučer, historian
- Anton Čebej, painter
- Miša Cigoj, dancesport athlete
- Josip Križaj, pilot
- Tobia Lionelli, preacher
- Karel Lavrič, politician
- Danilo Lokar, author
- Veno Pilon, painter
- Marijan Poljšak, politician
- Edi Šelhaus, photographer, photojournalist
- Avgust Žigon, literary historian
