Official Name: | Kamence |
Other Name: | Sveta Katarina (until 1953) |
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: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Rogaška Slatina |
Area Total Km2: | 1.54 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 99 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2051°N 15.6242°W |
Elevation M: | 309.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Kamence (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkaːməntsɛ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkaːmɛntsɛ/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Katarina (literally, 'Saint Catherine') to Kamence (literally, 'small stones') in 1953. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]