Opale | |
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 The hamlet of Laznar in Opale | |
  Opale Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°1′10.15″N 14°7′59.23″E / 46.0194861°N 14.1331194°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Žiri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 762.1 m (2,500.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 26 |
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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
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Žiri municipal site
- ↑ Planina, France (1962). Poljanska in Selška dolina. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 82.
- ↑ Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 693.
External links
Media related to Opale at Wikimedia Commons- Opale on Geopedia
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Žiri
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