Brje

Brje
Brje
	Brje Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°52′6.4″N 13°48′54.94″E / 45.868444°N 13.8152611°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Ajdovščina
Area
• Total	5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi)
Elevation	167.3 m (548.9 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	377
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)

Brje (pronounced [ˈbəːɾjɛ]; Italian: Bria dei Furlani) is a settlement in the hills on the left bank of the Vipava River in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is made up of eleven hamlets: Kasovlje, Nečilec, Most, Kodrovi, Pečenkovi, Martini, Mihelji, Žulji, Cinki, Furlani, and Sveti Martin.^[2]

Churches

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius and belongs to the Koper Diocese. A second church belonging to the parish is dedicated to Saint Martin and is built on top of a hill in the hamlet of Sveti Martin, which gets its name from the church^[3] Saint Martin's Church contains ceramic artworks by Peter Černe.

Gallery

Ceramic by Peter Černe
Ceramic by Peter Černe

References

^ "Brje, Ajdovščina". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ Ajdovščina municipal site Archived May 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Brje at Geopedia
Media related to Brje at Wikimedia Commons

[SURS-BRJE-1] "Brje, Ajdovščina". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

[2] Ajdovščina municipal site Archived May 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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