Zagorje, Pivka

Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
45°38′28.08″N 14°13′22.28″E / 45.6411333°N 14.2228556°E / 45.6411333; 14.2228556Country SloveniaTraditional regionInner CarniolaStatistical regionLittoral–Inner CarniolaMunicipalityPivkaArea
 • Total7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi)Elevation
576.6 m (1,891.7 ft)Population
 (2002)
 • Total358[1]

Zagorje (pronounced [zaˈɡoːɾjɛ]; German: Sagorje[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Helena and belongs to the Koper Diocese. The chapel at the cemetery, north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Paul.[4]


Zagorje in 1911

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 134.
  3. ^ Pivka municipal site
  4. ^ Koper Diocese list of churches

External links

  • Media related to Zagorje at Wikimedia Commons
  • Zagorje on Geopedia


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