Rim, Črnomelj Explained

Official Name:Rim
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:White Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Črnomelj
Area Total Km2:0.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:19
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5404°N 15.2927°W
Postal Code:8340
Footnotes:[1]

Rim (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾiːm/) is a small village in the Municipality of Črnomelj in southeastern Slovenia. Until 2007, the area was part of the settlement of Jankoviči.[2] The village is part of the traditional region of White Carniola and is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name Rim means 'Rome'. Rim was first settled in the 1870s, when Peter Kralj built a house at the site. Kralj had served as a member of the Papal guard under Pope Pius IX, and he was subsequently nicknamed Papež 'Pope'. Because the pope lives in Rome, the site where Kralj settled was given the name Rim as a joke.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rim, Črnomelj . Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia . 19 August 2012 . Place Names.
  2. Web site: Rim, Črnomelj . sl . 19 August 2013 . Stat.si: krajevna imena [Stat.si: Place Names] . Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
  3. http://www.crnomelj.si/ Črnomelj municipal site
  4. Šašelj . Ivan . Kako nastajajo včasih krajevna imena . Carniola: Izvestja Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko . 1911 . 2 . 3 . 231.
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 355.