{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Vrtojba |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Slovenia<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Slovenia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{SLO}} | subdivision_type1 = Traditional region | subdivision_name1 = Littoral | subdivision_type2 = Statistical region | subdivision_name2 = Gorizia |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Šempeter-Vrtojba |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of =2002 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =2404 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|45|54|32.12|N|13|38|11.02|E|region:SI|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 60.9 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = <ref>[http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]</ref> }} '''Vrtojba''' ({{IPA|sl|ʋəɾˈtoːi̯ba|pron}}; {{langx|it|Vertoiba}}) is a settlement in the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba in the Slovene Littoral region of Slovenia. A border crossing into Italy is located here. On the Italian side of the border, opposite Vrtojba, is the suburb of San Andrea ({{langx|sl|Štandrež}}), now part of the town of Gorizia ({{langx|sl|Gorica}}).
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vrtojba.net/ |title=Vrtojba website |access-date=2008-11-05 |archive-date=2008-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013203326/http://www.vrtojba.net/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:3743_x1518246.4739146885_y5765884.824198769_s15_b2345 Vrtojba on Geopedia]
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Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba Category:Italy–Slovenia border crossings