Official Name: | Orle |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Škofljica |
Area Total Km2: | 1.78 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 195 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0121°N 14.5727°W |
Elevation M: | 441.9 |
Postal Code: | 1291 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Orle (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈoːɾlɛ/; in older sources also Orlje[2] [3]) is a settlement in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills southeast of the capital Ljubljana in the Municipality of Škofljica. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]
Orle was attested in historical sources as Orle in 1444, Arel in 1461, and Orll in 1496.[5]