Official Name: | Šentgotard |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Zagorje ob Savi |
Area Total Km2: | 0.73 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 64 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1877°N 14.9076°W |
Elevation M: | 627.2 |
Postal Code: | 1222 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šentgotard (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛntˈɡoːtaɾt/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃəntˈɡoːtaɾt/; German: Sankt Gotthard[2]) is a village in the hills east of Trojane in central Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]
The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Gotthard and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the 18th century.[4]
France Cukjati, a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, was born in Šentgotard in 1943.