Mekinje, Kamnik

Mekinje
Mekinje from the south
Mekinje from the south
Mekinje is located in Slovenia
Mekinje
Mekinje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′10.18″N 14°36′45.28″E / 46.2361611°N 14.6125778°E / 46.2361611; 14.6125778
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Area
 • Total1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi)
Elevation
395.6 m (1,297.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total1,493
[1]

Mekinje (pronounced [mɛˈkiːnjɛ]; in older sources also Mekine,[2] German: Münkendorf, Minkendorf[2][3]) is a settlement at the confluence of the Kamnik Bistrica and Nevljica rivers in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is considered a suburb of the town of Kamnik.

  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, p. 26.
  3. ^ Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 18.