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.
  4. Koper Diocese list of churches

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