Šmarca Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 30.
  3. http://www.smarca.net/aboutus.htm Šmarca web site