Official Name: | Turje |
Other Name: | Sveti Štefan (until 1955) |
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: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Hrastnik |
Area Total Km2: | 5 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 273 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1302°N 15.151°W |
Elevation M: | 567.4 |
Postal Code: | 1431 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Turje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtuːɾjɛ/) is a settlement in the hills southeast of Dol in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Štefan (literally, 'Saint Stephen') to Turje in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Parish of Dol pri Hrastniku.[6]
Notable people that were born or lived in Turje include: