Official Name: | Žalna |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Grosuplje |
Area Total Km2: | 2.98 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 323 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.941°N 14.707°W |
Elevation M: | 335.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Žalna (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʒaːlna/; in older sources also Žalina,[2] German: Schalna[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. It lies southeast of Grosuplje in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlets of Prevale, Velika Žalna (in older sources also Velika Žalina,[2] German: Großschalna[2]), and Mala Žalna (in older sources also Mala Žalina,[2] German: Kleinschalna[2]), as well as part of the hamlet of Na Šoli.[4]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. In dates to the 17th century with 18th- and 19th-century extensions.[5]