Babno Polje (pronounced [ˈbaːbnɔ ˈpoːljɛ]; in older sources also Babino Polje,[2] German: Babenfeld,[2] Italian: Babinapoglia[3][4]) is a village in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia.
[5] Babno Polje was attested in historical sources as Pabenfeld in 1402 and Pobenueld in 1449.
[6] The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.
[8] Statistically, Babno Polje is the coldest inhabited settlement in Slovenia.
[10] Babno Polje has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).