| Koče | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
1900 postcard of Koče | |
  Koče Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′15.66″N14°10′51.24″E / 45.7210167°N 14.1809000°E Coordinates: 45°43′15.66″N14°10′51.24″E / 45.7210167°N 14.1809000°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
| Municipality | Postojna |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 534.9 m (1,754.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 235 |
| [1] | |
Koče (pronounced [ˈkoːtʃɛ] ; Italian : Cocce) is a village south of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. [2]
Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. Italian, together with Sardinian, is by most measures the closest language to Vulgar Latin of the Romance languages. Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria. It formerly had official status in Albania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro (Kotor) and Greece, and is generally understood in Corsica and Savoie. It also used to be an official language in the former Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa, where it plays a significant role in various sectors. Italian is also spoken by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia. In spite of not existing any Italian community in their respective national territories and of not being spoken at any level, Italian is included de jure, but not de facto, between the recognized minority languages of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania. Many speakers of Italian are native bilinguals of both standardized Italian and other regional languages.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
Postojna is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, 35 kilometers (22 mi) from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Postojna.
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Parish of Slavina. [3]
Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr in the East, is celebrated as a saint on July 20 in the Western Rite Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, on July 17 by the Eastern-Rite Orthodox Church and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Churches.
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.
Slavina is a village south of Postojna on the way to Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
