Official Name: | Galicija |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Žalec |
Area Total Km2: | 4.92 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 530 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2837°N 15.2121°W |
Elevation M: | 330.6 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Galicija (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the Hudinja Hills (sl|Hudinjsko gričevje) north of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint James (sl|sveti Jakob) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built between 1772 and 1778 on the site of a 16th-century church.[3]