Idrija pri Bači explained

Official Name:Idrija pri 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 Km2:5.03
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:313
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1387°N 13.7793°W
Elevation M:174.8
Footnotes:[1]

Idrija pri Bači (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈiːdɾija pɾi ˈbaːtʃi/) is a village on the right bank of the Idrijca River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[3]

Archaeological excavations near the settlement in the late 19th century revealed a late Iron Age (5th century BC) necropolis of 47 graves with finds of tools and inscriptions in Venetic.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.tolmin.si/ Tolmin municipal site
  3. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches
  4. http://www.tolmin.si/predstavitev/zgodovina/ History of Tolmin on the Tolmin municipal site