Pregarje Explained

Official Name:Pregarje
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:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ilirska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:7.87
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:216
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5786°N 14.1374°W
Elevation M:707.8
Footnotes:[1]

Pregarje (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɾɛˈɡaːrjɛ/; Italian: Pregara) is a village west of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2] It is the centre of the Brkini Hills region.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.ilirska-bistrica.si Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  3. Problematika slovenskega podeželja na primeru Brkinov . Slovenian, English . Problems of Slovenian Rural Areas. Case Study of the Brkini Hills. . Barborič, Blaž . Bobič, Živa . Borko, Sebastijan . Dobravc, Mina . Pirc, Janez . Dela . Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana . 2002 . 17 . 265–284 . 10.4312/dela.17.265-284 . 0354-0596 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090424095311/http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/Publikacije/Dela/files/Dela_17/Brkini.pdf . 2009-04-24 . free .
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches