Jamnik, Kranj Explained

Official Name:Jamnik
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:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kranj
Area Total Km2:4.76
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:42
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.271°N 14.207°W
Elevation M:830.2
Footnotes:[1]

Jamnik (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement on the eastern slopes of the Jelovica Plateau in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Church

The local church just outside the village, dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician, is built at an impressive location on a hill overlooking most of the northern part of the Ljubljana Basin with the Julian Alps as a backdrop towards the northwest and the Kamnik–Savinja Alps towards the east.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.kranj.si Kranj municipal site
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=h_d3xtr7rDEC&dq=Jamnik+Cerkev+Primo%C5%BE&pg=PA92 Jenny McKelvie: Slovenia, Bradt Travel Guides p.92