Podmelec Explained

Official Name:Podmelec
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:Slovenian Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tolmin
Area Total Km2:3.4
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:96
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1645°N 13.81°W
Elevation M:298.3
Footnotes:[1]

Podmelec (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔdˈmeːləts/) is a village west of Kneža in the Bača Valley in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]

Geography

Podmelec stands on a slope above the right bank of the Bača River. Sopota Falls (Slovenian: slap Sopota) is located about 500m (1,600feet) northwest of the village center on Sopota Creek, a tributary of the Bača River.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.tolmin.si/ Tolmin municipal site
  3. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches