Zagorje, Pivka Explained

Official Name:Zagorje
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:Pivka
Area Total Km2:7.59
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:358
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6411°N 14.2229°W
Elevation M:576.6
Footnotes:[1]

Zagorje (in Slovenian pronounced as /zaˈɡoːɾjɛ/; German: Sagorje[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Helena and belongs to the Koper Diocese. The chapel at the cemetery, north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Paul.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 134.
  3. http://www.pivka.si Pivka municipal site
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches