| Official Name: | Šempas |
| 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: | Nova Gorica |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.94 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 1066 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.9286°N 13.7433°W |
| Elevation M: | 96.9 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Šempas (pronounced as /sl/ or pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Šenpas,[2] it|Sambasso,[3] de|Schönpass[2]) is a village in the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.[4]
The name of the settlement was first attested circa 1200 as in sancto Passo (and as Sand Pass in 1485 and Sannd Pass in 1523). The Slovene name is derived from šent Pas, referring to either Saint Bassus of Lucera or Saint Bassus of Nice, to whom the parish church was formerly dedicated.[5]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Sylvester and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[6]