Opale

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
46°1′10.15″N 14°7′59.23″E / 46.0194861°N 14.1331194°E / 46.0194861; 14.1331194Country SloveniaTraditional regionUpper CarniolaStatistical regionUpper CarniolaMunicipalityŽiriArea
 • Total2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi)Elevation
762.1 m (2,500.3 ft)Population
 (2002)
 • Total26[1]

Opale (pronounced [ˈoːpalɛ]) is a small settlement in the hills southeast of Žiri in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Geography

Opale is made up of the hamlet of Martinj Vrh at the crossroads in the center of the village's territory plus the hamlets of Log to the north, and Opale and Laznar to the west, as well as individual farms.

Name

Opale was attested in historical sources as Goreniissgori (i.e., Gorenje Izgorje 'upper Izgorje') in 1500.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Žiri municipal site
  3. ^ Planina, France (1962). Poljanska in Selška dolina. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 82.
  4. ^ Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 693.
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