Official Name: | Migojnice |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Žalec |
Area Total Km2: | 2.57 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 629 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.2293°N 15.1587°W |
Elevation M: | 288.7 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Migojnice (in Slovenian pronounced as /miˈɡoːi̯nitsɛ/) is a village on the right bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The village was attested in written sources in 1265–67 as Makoyn, and in 1763–87 as Megoiniz. The origin of the name is unclear, but it may be derived from *Maligojnice (based on the personal name *Maligojь) with syncope of the second syllable (cf. Magozd < *Mal(i) gozd). If so, the name would originally mean 'place where Maligojь's people live'.[3]
The local church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes (Slovenian: Lurška Mati božja) and belongs to the Parish of Griže. It was built between 1888 and 1891.[4]