Official Name: | Zgornja Jevnica |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Litija |
Area Total Km2: | 2.96 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 55 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0761°N 14.7279°W |
Elevation M: | 509.3 |
Postal Code: | 1281 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Zgornja Jevnica (pronounced as /sl/) is a dispersed settlement in the hills above Jevnica in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[2] The settlement includes the hamlets of Mala Noga and Mala Dolga Noga.[3]
The name Zgornja Jevnica means 'upper Jevnica'. The name Jevnica was first attested in written sources in 1449 as an der Gelnicz. The settlement is probably named after Jevnica Creek, a hydronym derived from the Slovene common noun jela 'fir', thus referring to the local vegetation.[4]
Zgornja Jevnica became an independent settlement in 1989, when it was administratively separated from Jevnica.[5] Prior to this, Zgornja Jevnica was a hamlet of Jevnica.[3]