Official Name: | Benečija |
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: | Trebnje |
Area Total Km2: | 1.13 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 32 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.906°N 14.9919°W |
Elevation M: | 274.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Benečija (in Slovenian pronounced as /bɛnɛˈtʃiːja/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Temenica River, just southwest of Trebnje. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
Iron Age and Roman-period artefacts have been found at sites near the settlement.[3]