Gorenja Vas, Zagorje ob Savi

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Gorenja Vas
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Gorenja Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°5′12.86″N15°2′30.82″E / 46.0869056°N 15.0418944°E / 46.0869056; 15.0418944 Coordinates: 46°5′12.86″N15°2′30.82″E / 46.0869056°N 15.0418944°E / 46.0869056; 15.0418944
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Sava
Municipality Zagorje ob Savi
Area
 • Total 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Elevation 654.7 m (2,148.0 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 76
[1]

Gorenja Vas (pronounced  [ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈʋaːs] ; Slovene : Gorenja vas, German : Oberdorf [2] ) is a dispersed settlement north of Podkum in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region. [3]

Slovene language language spoken in Slovenia

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Dispersed settlement Rural settlement type, typically consists of widely spaced farmsteads without an actual nucleus

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Gorenja Vas may refer to several places in Slovenia:

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Špital in Styria, Slovenia

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 88.
  3. ↑ Zagorje ob Savi municipal site Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine .


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