Medvode

Medvode
Občina Medvode
Town and Municipality

Location of the Municipality of Medvode in Slovenia
Medvode
Location of the Town of Medvode in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°08′N 14°26′E / 46.133°N 14.433°E / 46.133; 14.433Coordinates: 46°08′N 14°26′E / 46.133°N 14.433°E / 46.133; 14.433
Country  Slovenia
Government
 • Mayor Nejc Smole
Area
 • Total 77.6 km2 (30.0 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
 • Total 14,161
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02 (CEST)

Medvode (pronounced [mɛˈdʋoːdɛ] ( listen); German: Zwischenwässern[2]) is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.[3] The Sava and Sora rivers join in Medvode, from which the town's name (which means 'between the waters') is derived.[4] Two large factories, Color[5] and Donit,[6] are based in Medvode. The Sava River at Medvode is also the location of the Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant.[7] After the Second World War, a Yugoslav labor camp for political prisoners operated in Medvode.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 110.
  3. ↑ Medvode municipal site
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 258.
  5. ↑ Color Medvode site Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Donit Tesnit site
  7. ↑ Sava Electrical Plants site
  8. ↑ Mrvič, Irena. 1999. "Taborišče." Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 13 (Š–T), pp. 177–179. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 179.
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