Official Name: | Brezje pri Šentjerneju |
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: | Šentjernej |
Area Total Km2: | 0.96 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 48 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8419°N 15.3624°W |
Elevation M: | 188.4 |
Postal Code: | 8310 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Brezje pri Šentjerneju (pronounced as /sl/) is a small village at the foothills of the Gorjanci range in the Municipality of Šentjernej in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
Brezje pri Šentjerneju was attested in written sources as Pirkch in 1444 and Pirk in 1447.[3] The name of the settlement was changed from Brezje to Brezje pri Šentjerneju in 1953.[4]