Central Europe
Slovenia
Municipality of Žirovnica

Žirovnica

Žirovnica is a settlement in northwestern , in the . It is located in the historic region, on the southern slope of the mountain range, close to the border with .
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  • Type: Village with 550 residents
  • Description: village in Žirovnica municipality, Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Zirovnica” and “Žirovnica, Žirovnica”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ajdna and Vintgar Gorge.

Peak
Photo: Luka Škerjanec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak in the in the in the region of . Access to it is easiest from the village of Potoki in the neighbouring Municipality of Jesenice.

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Bled Gorge is a 1.6-kilometer gorge in northwestern in the municipalities of and , four kilometers northwest of . is situated 3½ km west of Žirovnica.

Church
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moste and Selo pri Žirovnici.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is one of ten villages in the in the region of .

Village
Photo: Kaktus999, Public domain.
is one of ten villages in the in the region of . It lies on the slopes of the Reber range between Žirovnica and and is more or less a continuous settlement with Zabreznica.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is one of ten villages in the in the region of . It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.

Žirovnica

Latitude
46.40461° or 46° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
14.13532° or 14° 8′ 7″ east
Population
550
Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SI ZIR
Open location code
8FRPC43P+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 766429718
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3186442
Wiki­data ID
Q3437411
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Žirovnica” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Жыроўніца”
  • Bosnian: “Žirovnica”
  • Cebuano: “Žirovnica (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Žirovnica”
  • Chechen: “Жировниця”
  • Croatian: “Žirovnica”
  • Dutch: “Žirovnica”
  • Esperanto: “Žirovnica”
  • French: “Žirovnica”
  • German: “Scheraunitz”
  • German: “Žirovnica”
  • Irish: “Žirovnica”
  • Italian: “Žirovnica”
  • Japanese: “ジロヴニツァ”
  • Macedonian: “Жировница”
  • Polish: “Žirovnica”
  • Romanian: “Žirovnica, Žirovnica”
  • Romanian: “Žirovnica”
  • Serbian: “Žirovnica”
  • Serbian: “Жировница”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Žirovnica”
  • Slovenian: “Žirovnica”
  • Tatar: “Жировниця”
  • Ukrainian: “Жировниця”
  • Ukrainian: “Жировніца”

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