Poljubinj

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Poljubinj
Poljubinj
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°11′3.84″N 13°45′6.35″E / 46.1844000°N 13.7517639°E / 46.1844000; 13.7517639Coordinates: 46°11′3.84″N 13°45′6.35″E / 46.1844000°N 13.7517639°E / 46.1844000; 13.7517639
Country Slovenia
Region Slovenian Littoral
Municipality Tolmin
Area
 • Total 7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Elevation 263.1 m (863.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 424
[1]

Poljubinj (Italian: Polubino[2]) is a settlement east of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]

Poljubinj is known after egg decoration at the local holiday šempav, celebrated on the first Sunday in May. Eggs are colored red and verses and motives are written and painted on them.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Tolmein - Tolmino - Tolmin (The early 1900s gazetteer of Austria-Hungary
  3. ↑ Tolmin municipal site
  4. ↑ "Pisanje pirhov ob prazniku šempave" [Decoration of Eggs on the Šempav Holiday] (in Slovene). Slovene Ethnographic Museum. 26 April 2012. 

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Administrative centre: Tolmin

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  • Stopec
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