Vrtojba

Vrtojba
Vrtojba Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′32.12″N 13°38′11.02″E
Country	Slovenia
Region	Slovenian Littoral
Municipality	Šempeter-Vrtojba
Elevation	60.9 m (199.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	2,404

Vrtojba (Italian: Vertoiba) is a settlement in the Šempeter-Vrtojba municipality in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. A border crossing into Italy is located here. On the Italian side of the border, opposite to Vrtojba, there is the suburb of San Andrea (Slovene: Štandrež), now part of the town of Gorizia (Slovene: Gorica).

It is first mentioned in the early 13th century as Toyfa, Toyua or Tojva in a list of properties belonging to the Counts of Gorizia, its etymology unknown, but likely of pre-Slavic origin. By 1350 it is listed as Vertoib. The population increased in the 16th and 17th centuries with settlers from areas further south affected by Ottoman raids moving to the fertile countryside around Gorizia. In the late 18th and early 19th century Vrtojba became known for its early season vegetables and potatoes with regular supply to the markets of Gorizia and beyond. Though this fame still continues to some extent today, industrialization of Nova Gorica after the Second World War meant workers also settled in the village and the urban expansion in the last decades has virtually turned Vrtojba into the southern suburbs of Nova Gorica.

External links

• Vrtojba on Geopedia