Official Name: | Rafolče |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Lukovica |
Area Total Km2: | 1.15 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 221 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.175°N 14.676°W |
Elevation M: | 367.4 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Rafolče (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾaːfɔltʃɛ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾaːfɔu̯tʃɛ/; German: Rafoltsche[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Lukovica in the eastern part of the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Rafolče was attested in written sources in 1332 as Rauelsdorf (and as Raffolstorff in 1351, Rapholczdorff in 1362, and Raffelsdorf in 1458). Locally, the village is known as Rahovče. The name is originally a plural demonym derived from the Old High German name Rapholt and thus means 'residents of Rapholt's village'.[4]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Catherine.