| Official Name: | Jesenovec |
| 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: | Železniki |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.2103°N 14.1253°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Elevation M: | 500 |
| Footnotes: | [3] |
Jesenovec (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Jesenovc[4]) is a formerly independent settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the town of Železniki.[2]
Jesenovec is a scattered settlement along the road from Škofja Loka to Petrovo Brdo in the upper Selca Sora Valley between Plešenica Creek and Upper Smoleva Creek (sl|Zadnja Smoleva). It includes the Plenšak Gorge below Prtovč and the Blok and Slap gorges below Štedel Peak (sl|Štedel vrh; elevation: 1145m (3,757feet)). Other nearby elevations include Mount Groblje (elevation: 1086m (3,563feet)) and Grebel Peak (sl|Grebel vrh; elevation: 1348m (4,423feet)) to the northwest and Mount Vancovec (elevation: 1085m (3,560feet)) to the southeast.[2]
The name Jesenovec is derived from the common noun jesen 'ash tree', thus originally referring to the local vegetation.[5]
Jesenovec had a population of 31 living in four houses in 1880,[4] 26 living in four houses in 1890,[6] 27 living in four houses in 1900,[7] 23 in three houses in 1931,[1] and 40 in seven houses in 1961.[2] Jesenovec was annexed by Železniki in 1966, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[2] [8]