Seča (pronounced [ˈseːtʃa]; Italian: Sezza[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Piran in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]
Seča
Sezza (Italian) | |
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  Seča Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′53.12″N 13°36′31.83″E / 45.4980889°N 13.6088417°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Slovenian Littoral |
| Statistical region | Coastal–Karst |
| Municipality | Piran |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64.2 m (210.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 942 |
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Name
editThe Slovene name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jernej (literally, 'Saint Bartholomew') to Seča in 1958.[4][5] The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[6][7]
Church
editThe local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew (Slovene: sveti Jernej).
References
edit- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 39.
- ^ Piran municipal site
- ^ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. p. 101.
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
- ^ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
External links
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Media related to Seča at Wikimedia Commons- Seča on Geopedia
- Seča on Google Maps (map, photographs, street view)
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