Komenda

Komenda
Coat of arms of Komenda
Komenda is located in Slovenia
Komenda
Komenda
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′26.20″N 14°32′20.55″E / 46.2072778°N 14.5390417°E / 46.2072778; 14.5390417
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKomenda
Area
 • Total2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation
346.8 m (1,137.8 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total896
[1]

Komenda (pronounced [kɔˈmɛːnda]; German: Commenda[2]) is a village in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Komenda.[3] It includes the formerly independent settlement of Kaplja Vas (Slovene: Kapla vas, German: Kaplawas[2]).[4]

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27.
  3. ^ Komenda municipal site (in Slovene)
  4. ^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 185–186.