Repnje

Repnje
Repnje is located in Slovenia
Repnje
Repnje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′15.42″N 14°28′51.84″E / 46.1709500°N 14.4810667°E / 46.1709500; 14.4810667
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityVodice
Area
 • Total2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation
346 m (1,135 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total288
[1]

Repnje (pronounced [ˈɾeːpnjɛ]; German: Repne[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

In the centre of the village is Repnje Castle, built in the late 19th century. It now houses a Franciscan convent with an adjacent church.[4]

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 32. (in Slovene)
  3. ^ Vodice municipal site
  4. ^ School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King in Repnje (in Slovene)