Official Name: | Vremski Britof |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Coastal–Karst |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Divača |
Area Total Km2: | 0.75 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 54 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.6564°N 14.0303°W |
Elevation M: | 377 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Vremski Britof (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈwɾeːmski ˈbɾiːtɔf/, formerly simply Britof,[2] Italian: Cave Auremiane[3]) is a village on an elevation above the banks of the Reka River in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
The name Vremski Britof means 'Britof near Vreme', distinguishing the settlement from others named Britof. The name Britof is derived from the Slovene common noun britof 'cultivated fenced area'. This was borrowed from Middle High German vrîthof, also meaning 'cultivated fenced area'. The denotation of the common noun in both languages later developed from this original meaning to 'churchyard' and then to 'cemetery'.[4]
The Vreme parish church, built south of the settlement, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[5]