Loje Explained

Official Name:Loje
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Slovenian Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tolmin
Area Total Km2:2.53
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:7
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1825°N 13.8351°W
Elevation M:460.3
Footnotes:[1]

Loje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈloːjɛ/) is small settlement in the hills north of Kneža in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

Loje was attested in historical sources as the singular Loch in 1566, and then as the plural Lose around 1600, Vlosech in 1624, and Losech in 1648. Like the name Voje (with shvapanye, or pronunciation of /l/ as [w] before back vowels), the name is derived from *Logje, an accusative plural of the common noun log 'low-lying marshy or wooded meadowland', thus referring to the geographical character of the place.[3] [4]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Parish of Podmelec.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.tolmin.si/ Tolmin municipal site
  3. Torkar . Silvo . K nastanku in pomenu nekaterih zemljepisnih imen v Baški dolini . On the Origin and Meaning of Several Toponyms in the Bača Valley . Slavistična revija . 2003 . 51 . 4 . 429–442 . March 27, 2023.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 243, 463.
  5. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches