Pregarje

Pregarje
Village
Pregarje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′43.01″N 14°8′14.47″E / 45.5786139°N 14.1373528°E / 45.5786139; 14.1373528Coordinates: 45°34′43.01″N 14°8′14.47″E / 45.5786139°N 14.1373528°E / 45.5786139; 14.1373528
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Inner Carniola
Statistical region Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality Ilirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total 7.87 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation 707.8 m (2,322.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 216
[1]

Pregarje (pronounced [pɾɛˈɡaːrjɛ]; Italian: Pregara) is a village west of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2] It is the centre of the Brkini Hills region.[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  3. ↑ Barborič, Blaž. Bobič, Živa. Borko, Sebastijan. Dobravc, Mina. Pirc, Janez (2002). "Problematika slovenskega podeželja na primeru Brkinov" [Problems of Slovenian Rural Areas. Case Study of the Brkini Hills.] (PDF). Dela (in Slovenian and English) (17). Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. pp. 265–284. ISSN 0354-0596. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-24.
  4. ↑ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine.


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