Official Name: | Ambrus |
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: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ivančna Gorica |
Area Total Km2: | 5.67 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 261 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8274°N 14.8149°W |
Elevation M: | 355.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Ambrus (pronounced as /sl/ or pronounced as /sl/) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
Ambrus was attested in historical sources as Ambros in 1433, Ambruschs in 1463, and Wrwchs in 1484, among other variants.[3]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew (sl|sveti Jernej) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built in 1811.[4]