Official Name: | Podgorje ob Sevnični |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Lower Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sevnica |
Area Total Km2: | 5.22 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 115 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0663°N 15.3409°W |
Elevation M: | 477.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Podgorje ob Sevnični (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔdˈɡoːɾjɛ ɔp ˈseːu̯nitʃni/) is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The Municipality of Sevnica is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Podgorje to Podgorje ob Sevnični in 1953.[3]
The local church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary (Slovenian: sveta Marija Rožnovenska) and belongs to the Parish of Zabukovje. It has a Romanesque core and was restyled in the Baroque in the 17th century.[4]
Notable people that were born or lived in Zabukovje nad Sevnico include: