Pregarje

Pregarje
Village
Pregarje is located in Slovenia
Pregarje
Pregarje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′43.01″N 14°8′14.47″E / 45.5786139°N 14.1373528°E / 45.5786139; 14.1373528
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityIlirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total7.87 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation
707.8 m (2,322.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total216
[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]

  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: 265–284. doi:10.4312/dela.17.265-284. 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