Čeplje, Kočevje Explained

Official Name:Čeplje
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Coordinates:45.5389°N 15.0457°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kočevje
Area Total Km2:2.56
Elevation M:430.1
Population Total:20
Population As Of:2002
Postal Code:8342
Footnotes:[1]

Čeplje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃeːpljɛ/; German: Tscheplach[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

The local church, on a hill north of the settlement, is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows and was built in the 1840s.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp 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. 4.
  3. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage