Babno Polje Explained

Official Name:Babno Polje
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:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Loška Dolina
Area Total Km2:16.4
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:317
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6445°N 14.548°W
Elevation M:761
Footnotes:[1]

Babno Polje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbaːbnɔ ˈpoːljɛ/; in older sources also Babino Polje,[2] German: Babenfeld,[2] Italian: Babinapoglia[3] [4]) is a village in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.[5]

Name

Babno Polje was attested in historical sources as Pabenfeld in 1402 and Pobenueld in 1449.[6]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[7] It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526.[8]

Climate

Statistically, Babno Polje is the coldest inhabited settlement in Slovenia.[9] It currently holds the record for the lowest officially verified temperature in Slovenia, of, recorded on two separate occasions, and 15-16 Feb 1956.[10]

Babno Polje has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 130.
  3. Book: Ballarini . Amleto . Sobolevski . Mihael . Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) . 2002 . Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali . Rome . 88-7125-239-X . 26 . January 7, 2021 . August 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827063011/http://archivi.beniculturali.it/dga/uploads/documents/Sussidi/Sussidi_12.pdf . dead .
  4. Book: Memorie della Società geografica italiana, vol. 15 . 1916 . Società geografica italiana . Rome . 158.
  5. http://www.loska-dolina.si/ Loška Dolina municipal site
  6. Web site: Babno Polje . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . February 6, 2021.
  7. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/D85EA1A9760204D8C12572030034F708?OpenDocument Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
  8. Web site: Local cultural heritage on the Loška Dolina municipal site . 2009-02-27 . sl . 2014-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063223/http://www.loskadolina.si/zanimivosti/naravna_in_kulturna_dediscina/2006112717163322/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Najhladnejši naseljeni kraj v Sloveniji Babno Polje - Kam.si.
  10. Web site: Slovenski vremenski rekordi . Slovenian Environment Agency . sl . 2 . 26 July 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001118/http://www.arso.gov.si/vreme/podnebje/slo_vremenski_rekordi.pdf . 4 March 2016.

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