Čeplje, Kočevje

Čeplje
Čeplje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°32′20.13″N 15°2′44.49″E / 45.5389250°N 15.0456917°E / 45.5389250; 15.0456917Coordinates: 45°32′20.13″N 15°2′44.49″E / 45.5389250°N 15.0456917°E / 45.5389250; 15.0456917
Country  Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
  Total 2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Elevation 430.1 m (1,411.1 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 20
[1]

Čeplje (pronounced [ˈtʃeːpljɛ]; German: Tscheplach[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

The local church, on a hill north of the settlement, is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows and was built in the 1840s.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.
  3. Kočevje municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2077

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