Municipality of Ajdovščina
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| Municipality of Ajdovščina Občina Ajdovščina |
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 Location of the Municipality of Ajdovščina in Slovenia |
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| Country |  Slovenia |
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| • Mayor | Tadej Beočanin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 245.2 km2 (94.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,892 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
| Website | ajdovscina.si |
The Municipality of Ajdovščina (pronounced [ˈaːi̯dɔu̯ʃtʃina]; Slovene: Občina Ajdovščina) is a municipality with a population of a little below 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 2014[update], its mayor is Tadej Beočanin.[4]
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).
Demographics
- 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
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
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