Ples
Ples is located in Slovenia
Ples
Ples
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°8′22.33″N 14°47′17.22″E / 46.1395361°N 14.7881167°E / 46.1395361; 14.7881167
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityMoravče
Area
  Total1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation
432 m (1,417 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total65
[1]

Ples (pronounced [ˈplɛs]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Moravče in central Slovenia. It lies east of Moravče on the main road to Izlake. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

Name

Ples was attested in historical sources as Pless in 1347, Plyess in 1355, and Plezz in 1383, among other spellings.[3]

History

Ples was a hamlet of Zgornja Dobrava until 1953, when it was administratively separated and made a village in its own right.[4][5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Moravče municipal site
  3. "Ples". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  4. Topole, Maja (2003). Geografija občine Moravče. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 194.
  5. Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. p. 72.


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