Batuje

Batuje
Batuje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′37.27″N 13°46′37.09″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Ajdovščina
Area
• Total	2.82 km^2 (1.09 sq mi)
Elevation	128.1 m (420.3 ft)
Population  (January 1, 2020)
• Total	369
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Climate	Cfa
[1]

Batuje (pronounced [baˈtuːjɛ]; Italian: Battùglia^[2]) is a settlement in the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.^[3]

Name

Batuje was attested in written sources in 1060–83 as Batauia (and as Buttavia after 1086, ze Butinach and ze Wutinach in 1389, and Watuiach in 1523). The name is of pre-Slavic origin, and the earliest transcriptions indicate that it is based on the Romance name Batavia, which is of unclear origin.^[4]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anne and belongs to the Koper Diocese.^[5]

References

1. "Batuje, Ajdovščina". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
2. Corbanese, Guerrino Guglielmo. 1999. Il Friuli, Trieste e l'Istria: Tra la fine dell'ottocento e l'inizio del novecento. Udine: Del Bianco Editore, p. 444.
3. Ajdovščina municipal site Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 53.
5. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Media related to Batuje at Wikimedia Commons
• Batuje on Geopedia
• Batuje home page^{[permanent dead link‍]}