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