Šentvid pri Grobelnem explained

Official Name:Šentvid pri Grobelnem
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
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:Šmarje pri Jelšah
Area Total Km2:1.14
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:182
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2259°N 15.4614°W
Elevation M:283.1
Footnotes:[1]

Šentvid pri Grobelnem (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛnˈtʋiːt pɾi ˈɡɾoːbɛlnɛm/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃənˈtʋiːt pɾi ˈɡɾoːbɛlnɛm/) is a village in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road from Šmarje to Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Vid pri Grobelnem to Šentvid pri Grobelnem in 1955.[3]

Church

The local parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is a medieval building that was rebuilt in the 17th century and extended and restyled in the 18th century.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.smarje-pri-jelsah.si/ Šmarje pri Jelšah municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage