Bavšica

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Bavšica
Bavšica is located in Slovenia
Bavšica
Bavšica
Location in Slovenia
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Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Slovenian Littoral
Statistical region Gorizia
Municipality Bovec
Area
 • Total 25.22 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Elevation 697.6 m (2,288.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 11
[1]

Bavšica (pronounced [ˈbaːu̯ʃitsa]; Italian: Bausizza [2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Geography

Bavšica lies in a glacial valley below Mount Bavšica Grintovec (Slovene: Bavški Grintavec) in the Julian Alps to the east[3] and the Log Cliff (Slovene: Loška stena, Italian: Parete di Bretto [4]) to the north.[5] The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center (Slovene: Planinsko učno središče Bavšica) (PUS Bavšica[6]), the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.[7]

Name

Bavšica was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as Bauschiza. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun balha (dialect baha) 'matgrass', referring to the local vegetation. A less likely explanation is that the name is derived from the adjective *balh 'whitish, pale'.[8]

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  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Tul, Vlasta. 1997. Vodnik po fondih in zbirkah Pokrajinskega arhiva v Novi Gorici. Nova Gorica: Pokrajinski arhiv, p. 138.
  3. Bovec municipal site
  4. Buscaini, Gino. 1974. Alpi Giulie. Milan: Club Alpino Italiano, p. 408.
  5. Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 100.
  6. PUS Bavšica
  7. Alpine Association of Slovenia
  8. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 53.