Official Name: | Šmarjeta |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Šmarješke Toplice |
Area Total Km2: | 1.58 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 288 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8869°N 15.2509°W |
Elevation M: | 189.8 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šmarjeta (pronounced as /sl/; de|Sankt Margarethen[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The village includes the hamlet of Dolenja Vas (sl|Dolenja vas, de|Unterdorf[2]), formerly an independent village.
The local parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Margaret (sl|sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built between 1910 and 1927 on the site of an earlier building.[4]
Notable people that were born or lived in Šmarjeta include: