Žuniči Explained

Official Name:Žuniči
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:White Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Črnomelj
Area Total Km2:1.55
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:43
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.482°N 15.3607°W
Elevation M:195.6
Postal Code:8341
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfb
Footnotes:[1]

Žuniči (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Žuniče,[2] de|Schunitsche[2]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

A small chapel in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas (sl|sveti Miklavž) and belongs to the Parish of Preloka. It was built in the early 20th 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. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 10.
  3. http://www.crnomelj.si/ Črnomelj municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage