Official Name: | Polje ob Sotli |
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: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Podčetrtek |
Area Total Km2: | 0.92 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 57 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0923°N 15.6074°W |
Elevation M: | 197.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Polje ob Sotli (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpoːljɛ ɔp ˈsoːtli/) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sotla River in the Municipality of Podčetrtek in eastern Slovenia. The area around Podčetrtek is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Polje to Polje ob Sotli in 1953.[3]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1545, but was expanded and rebuilt on a number of occasions.[4]