Meja, Kranj Explained

Official Name:Meja
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kranj
Area Total Km2:2.73
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:13
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1913°N 14.3765°W
Elevation M:365.3
Footnotes:[1]

Meja (pronounced as /sl/) is a small settlement near Mavčiče in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

The name Meja means 'border'. The name refers to the location of the village along the road from Jeprca to Kranj, which largely corresponded to the western border of the Dominion of Škofja Loka from 973 to 1803.[3] [4]

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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.kranj.si Kranj municipal site
  3. Book: Blaznik . Pavle . Škofja Loka in loško gospostvo (973–1803) . 1973 . Muzejsko društvo . Škofja Loka . 14.
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 163.