| Prešnica | |
|---|---|
  Prešnica Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′16.91″N13°56′19.02″E / 45.5713639°N 13.9386167°E Coordinates: 45°34′16.91″N13°56′19.02″E / 45.5713639°N 13.9386167°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Littoral |
| Statistical region | Coastal–Karst |
| Municipality | Hrpelje-Kozina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.15 km2 (6.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 459.2 m (1,506.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 133 |
| [1] | |
Prešnica (pronounced [ˈpɾeːʃnitsa] ; Italian : Bresenza) is a village in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral 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. 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.
The Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Its main settlements are Hrpelje and Kozina.
The local church is dedicated to Saint Gertrude and belongs to the Parish of Klanec. [3]
Gertrude of Nivelles, O.S.B. was a 7th-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles located in present-day Belgium.
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.
Klanec pri Kozini is a settlement south of Kozina in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
