Kovača Vas, Slovenska Bistrica Explained

Official Name:Kovača Vas
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:3.41
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:486
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4061°N 15.5571°W
Elevation M:361.5
Footnotes:[1]

Kovača Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /kɔˈʋaːtʃa ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Kovača vas) is a settlement in the hills just north of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

A small church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Roch and belongs to the Parish of Slovenska Bistrica. It was built in 1922.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenska-bistrica.si/ Slovenska Bistrica municipal site
  3. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage