Matenja Vas Explained

Official Name:Matenja Vas
Settlement Type:Village
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:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Postojna
Area Total Km2:2.05
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:329
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7415°N 14.1939°W
Elevation M:529.3
Footnotes:[1]

Matenja Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /maˈteːnja ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Matenja vas, German: Mautersdorf,[2] Italian: Mategna) is a village south of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Koper Diocese. It was built in the mid-17th century on the site of an older chapel.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 136.
  3. http://www.postojna.si Postojna municipal site
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches