Official Name: | Čiginj |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Slovenian Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorizia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tolmin |
Area Total Km2: | 5.64 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 176 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1631°N 13.7098°W |
Elevation M: | 231.7 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Čiginj (in Slovenian pronounced as /tʃiˈɡiːn/) is a settlement south of Volče in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]
The etymology of the name Čiginj is unclear. It is believed to be of Romance origin, and it may show a Romance reflex of Latin adjective calcīnus 'stone, lime'.[3]
During the Second World War, the Italian authorities operated a concentration camp at Čiginj before the Gonars concentration camp was established.[4]