Avče
Sign in to saveAvče (, ) is a settlement on the left bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Dolnji Avšček, Gor(e)nji Avšček, and Langa along Avšček Creek southeast of the main settlement, Nadavče to the west, and Spodnji Log and Vrtače to the north along the railroad.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Avče
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Avce1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gorizia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Kanal ob Soči
- Population
- +198
- Area
- +10.23
- Elevation
- +172
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Avce1.jpg
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Article
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Avče (, ) is a settlement on the left bank of the Soča River in the Municipality of Kanal ob Soči in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Dolnji Avšček, Gor(e)nji Avšček, and Langa along Avšček Creek southeast of the main settlement, Nadavče to the west, and Spodnji Log and Vrtače to the north along the railroad.
==Name== Avče was first attested in written sources in 1389 as Als (and as Alis in 1523, and Auzha and Auza in 1763–87). The name is derived from *Alьčь, probably related to the Friulian hydronym Auzza or Aussa, which is of pre-Romance origin. It may ultimately be derived from Celtic *alika 'wild service tree' or from some other pre-Romance root meaning 'spring'.