Bavšica

Bavšica
Bavšica
	Bavšica Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°21′55.48″N 13°36′59.03″E / 46.3654111°N 13.6163972°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Bovec
Area
• Total	25.22 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Elevation	697.6 m (2,288.7 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	10
• Density	0.40/km2 (1.0/sq mi)

Bavšica (pronounced [ˈbaːu̯ʃitsa]; Italian: Bausizza^[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Geography

Bavšica lies in a glacial valley below Mount Bavšica Grintovec (Slovene: Bavški Grintavec) in the Julian Alps to the east^[3] and the Log Cliff (Slovene: Loška stena, Italian: Parete di Bretto^[4]) to the north.^[5] The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center (Slovene: Planinsko učno središče Bavšica) (PUS Bavšica^[6]), the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.^[7]

Name

Bavšica was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as Bauschiza. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun balha (dialect bau̯ha) 'matgrass', referring to the local vegetation. A less likely explanation is that the name is derived from the adjective *balh 'whitish, pale'.^[8]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Tul, Vlasta. 1997. Vodnik po fondih in zbirkah Pokrajinskega arhiva v Novi Gorici. Nova Gorica: Pokrajinski arhiv, p. 138.
^ Bovec municipal site Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Buscaini, Gino. 1974. Alpi Giulie. Milan: Club Alpino Italiano, p. 408.
^ Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 100.
^ "PUS Bavšica". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
^ Alpine Association of Slovenia
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 53.

External links

Bavšica on Geopedia

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Tul, Vlasta. 1997. Vodnik po fondih in zbirkah Pokrajinskega arhiva v Novi Gorici. Nova Gorica: Pokrajinski arhiv, p. 138.

[3] Bovec municipal site Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Buscaini, Gino. 1974. Alpi Giulie. Milan: Club Alpino Italiano, p. 408.

[5] Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 100.

[6] "PUS Bavšica". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-15.

[7] Alpine Association of Slovenia

[Snoj-8] Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 53.

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