Official Name: | Šmarca |
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 Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Kamnik |
Area Total Km2: | 1.7 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 1365 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1971°N 14.5964°W |
Elevation M: | 348.7 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šmarca (pronounced as /sl/; German: Schmarza[2]) is a settlement just south of Kamnik, on the right bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River, in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The settlement was first mentioned in documents dating to 1359. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Maurice.[3]