Official Name: | Šentjanž |
Other Name: | Šent Janž (until 1955) |
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: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Rečica ob Savinji |
Area Total Km2: | 2.05 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 224 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.317°N 14.8953°W |
Elevation M: | 374.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šentjanž (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛnˈtjaːnʃ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃənˈtjaːnʃ/) is a village on the left bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Rečica ob Savinji in Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Janž (literally, 'Saint John') to Šentjanž in 1955.[3]
The local church is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Rečica ob Savinji. It has a rectangular nave with two chapels, a sanctuary, and a northern belfry. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1347 with 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century additions.[4]