Banjšice Plateau

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The Banjšice Plateau (Slovene: Banjška planota, Italian: Altopiano della Bainsizza) is a karstic plateau in western Slovenia, in the Goriška region. It is located north-west of the town of Nova Gorica, overlooking the Soča River. During World War One, the Italian and the Austro-Hungarian Army fought in the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo on the plateau in August 1917.

The plateau was named after the village of Banjšice, which is most probably the oldest settlement on the plateau. The other settlements on this largely unpopulated area are: Bate, Grgarske Ravne, and Lokovec. Traditionally, the villages on the plateau used to gravitate towards Kanal ob Soči and partially towards Grgar and Solkan, but nowadays they are all included in the municipality of Nova Gorica, where most of the locals work.

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Towns and villages	Capital:Nova Gorica, Ajševica, Arčoni, Banjšice, Bate, Branik, Brdo, Budihni, Čepovan, Dornberk, Draga, Gradišče nad Prvačino, Grgar, Grgarske Ravne, Kromberk, Lazna, Loke, Lokovec, Lokve, Nemci, Osek, Ozeljan, Podgozd, Potok pri Dornberku, Preserje, Pristava, Prvačina, Ravnica, Rožna Dolina, Saksid, Solkan, Spodnja Branica, Stara Gora, Steske, Šempas, Šmaver, Šmihel, Tabor, Trnovo, Vitovlje, Voglarji, Zalošče

Landmarks	Vipava Valley, Solkan Bridge

Notable people	France Bevk, Nevin Birsa, Matej Bor, Ivo Hvalica, Klement Jug, Boris Kalin, Zdenko Kalin, Vasja Klavora, Danilo Kovačič, Janko Kralj, Branko Marušič, Tomaž Marušič, Iztok Mlakar, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, Vojteh Ravnikar, Gianni Rijavec, Leon Rupnik, Josip Srebrnič, Jože Srebrnič, Majda Širca, Mojca Širok, Stanislav Škrabec, Boštjan Vuga, Danilo Zavrtanik