Vipava, Vipava

Vipava
Coat of arms of Vipava
Vipava is located in Slovenia
Vipava
Vipava
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°50′51.21″N 13°57′44.48″E / 45.8475583°N 13.9623556°E / 45.8475583; 13.9623556
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityVipava
Area
 • Total6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation
108.5 m (356.0 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total1,953
[1]

Vipava (pronounced [ʋiˈpaːʋa] ; Italian: Vipacco, German: Wippach[2]) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the largest settlement and the seat of the Municipality of Vipava. Vipava is located near the numerous sources of the Vipava River, in the upper Vipava Valley, 102 metres (335 ft) above sea level. Historically, it is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola,[2] but it is now generally regarded as part of the Slovenian Littoral.[3]

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 142.
  3. ^ Vipava municipal site