Šentvid District Explained

Settlement Type:District
Official Name:Šentvid District
Native Name:Četrtna skupnost Šentvid
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
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 Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ljubljana
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:15.83
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:14,025
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.0972°N 14.4664°W

The Šentvid District (pronounced as /sl/; Slovenian: Četrtna skupnost Šentvid), or simply Šentvid, is a district (Slovenian: mestna četrt) of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former village of Šentvid.

Geography

The Šentvid District is bounded on the west by a line running through the Polhov Gradec Hills, on the north by the Sava River, on the east by a line through farmland east of the A2 Freeway, and on the south by Stegne Street, Jože Jama Street (Ulica Jožeta Jama), Pečnik Street (Pečnikova ulica), Trata Street (Na Trati), Zapuže Street (Zapuška Cesta), and Kamna Gorica Street (Kamnogoriška cesta). The district includes the former settlements of Brod, Podgora, Poljane, Pržan, Šentvid, Trata, and Vižmarje.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ljubljana.si/si/mol/cetrtne-skupnosti/ City of Ljubljana Districts
  2. http://www.ljubljana.si/si/mol/cetrtne-skupnosti/ City of Ljubljana Districts