Črneče

Črneče
Črneče from Dravograd Castle
Črneče Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°35′6.32″N 15°0′15.09″E / 46.5850889°N 15.0041917°ECoordinates: 46°35′6.32″N 15°0′15.09″E / 46.5850889°N 15.0041917°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Carinthia
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Dravograd
Area
• Total	2.35 km^2 (0.91 sq mi)
Elevation	350.4 m (1,149.6 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	654
• Density	280/km^2 (720/sq mi)
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Črneče (pronounced [tʃəɾˈneːtʃɛ]) is a village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.^[2]

The local church in the centre of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint James and dates to the early 15th century with some later rebuilding.^[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Črneče include:

• Berta Jereb (born 1925), pediatric oncologist

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Dravograd municipal site
3. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2936

External links

• Črneče on Geopedia