Vrtojba

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title: "Vrtojba" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-municipality-of-šempeter-vrtojba", "italy–slovenia-border-crossings"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrtojba" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Vrtojba
native_name
settlement_type
imagesize	250px
dot_x
pushpin_map	Slovenia
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Slovenia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Traditional region
subdivision_name1	Littoral
subdivision_type2	Statistical region
subdivision_name2	Gorizia
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Šempeter-Vrtojba
population_as_of	2002
population_total	2404
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_m	60.9
footnotes
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Name

Vrtojba was 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 is unknown, but is likely of pre-Slavic origin. By 1350 it was listed as Vertoib.

History

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 centuries, Vrtojba became known for its early season vegetables and potatoes with regular supply to the markets of Gorizia and beyond. Although 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 recent decades has virtually turned Vrtojba into the southern suburbs of Nova Gorica.

References

References

1. [http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]
2. "Vrtojba website".

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