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Country
  
Slovenia

Elevation
  
362 m

Local time
  
Sunday 4:33 PM

Municipality
  
Municipality of Sežana

Region
  
Slovenian Littoral

Area
  
5.93 km²

Population
  
345 (2002)

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Weather
  
18°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 50% Humidity

Tomaj ([ˈtoːmai̯] or [tɔˈmaːi̯]; Italian: Tomadio) is a village in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia, near the border with Italy.

Contents

Map of 6221 Tomaj, Slovenia

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. A second church is a small building next to the cemetery and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Climate

Tomaj has a warm climate for Slovenia. Winters are mild with frequent rain and clouds. Snow is rare and occurs only a few times each winter. Also, sub freezing highs happen just twice a year. Lows hit freezing 68 days annually. Summer's are warm and sunny. Despite being sunny, summers have a lot of rain, with thunderstorms being quite common. There are only 17 days over 30 degrees, and 70 over 25 degrees. Fall is the wettest time of year, and late winter is the driest. Means range from 2.1 in January to 20.8 in July. Tomaj's climate is classified as Cfb or oceanic.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Tomaj include:

  • Anton Černe (1813–1891), politician
  • Urban Golmajer (1820–1905), priest, social care and education promoter, viticultural society founder
  • Pavel Klapše (ca. 1688–1772), religious writer
  • Pavel Knobl (1765–1830), poet and musician
  • Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), poet
  • Matija Sila (1840–1925), regional historian
  • Alojzij Šonc (1872–1958), composer
  • Viktor Šonc (1878–1964), composer
  • References

    Tomaj Wikipedia