Official Name: | Grahovo ob Bači |
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: | 7.47 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 153 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1564°N 13.8645°W |
Elevation M: | 313.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Grahovo ob Bači (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡɾaːxɔʋɔ ɔb ˈbaːtʃi/; Italian: Gracova Serravalle[2]) is a village on the Bača River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Grahovo to Grahovo ob Bači (literally, 'Grahovo on the Bača River') in 1955.[4] The name is believed to have the same origin as Grahovo in the Municipality of Cerknica. If so, it is probably derived from the personal name Grah, which is still preserved as a surname in Slovenia and is probably borrowed from the Old High German name Gracco. The place name would thus mean 'Grah's (village)'. Another possible derivation is from the common noun *grahovišče 'pea field' via the contracted form *grahovše. Direct derivation from the Slovene common noun grah 'pea' is unlikely because of the rarity of such names and the suffixation pattern.[5]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anne and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[6]
The village was one of the main filming locations for the 1948 film On Our Own Land.[7] The east end of the Bukovo Tunnel (937m (3,074feet)) on the Bohinj Railway stands in the easternmost part of the settlement's territory.