Official Name: | Žagolič |
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: | Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ajdovščina |
Area Total Km2: | 2.85 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 159 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8926°N 13.9968°W |
Elevation M: | 763.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Žagolič (pronounced as /sl/, in older sources Zagolice,[2] Zagoliče,[3] and Zagolič[4] [5]) is a small village northwest of Col in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[6]
Oral tradition states that Žagolič is named after sawmills (sl|žage) that stood along a creek above the settlement.[7] According to the tradition, shepherds herded their sheep across the estate belonging to the Counts of Abensberg based in Col. Because of the damage caused by the livestock, the counts had the spring feeding the creek blocked; the water then took an underground route and the sawmills were removed.[7] [8] Žagolič was a hamlet of Malo Polje until 1989, when it became an independent settlement.[9]