Vrtoče
Vrtoče is a dispersed settlement south of Bilje in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 64 residents
- Description: place in Littoral, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Vertazzi”, “Vrtoče, Miren-Kostanjevica”, and “Vrtovče”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sinkhole and Cerje.
Sinkhole
Meadow
Photo: Hendrik Dacquin, CC BY 2.0.
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orehovlje and Miren.
Orehovlje
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Orehovlje is a settlement next to Miren in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The local church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Parish of Miren.
Miren
Village
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
Miren is an urbanized settlement in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia right next to the border with Italy. The hill known as Miren Castle rises above the settlement to the south.
Vrtoče
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.88208° or 45° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
13.61905° or 13° 37′ 9″ eastPopulation
64Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
8FQMVJJ9+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 60953125OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3187124Wikidata ID
Q2355424
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Vrtoče” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Vrtoče”
- Chechen: “Врточе”
- Croatian: “Vrtoče”
- Dutch: “Vrtoce”
- Dutch: “Vrtoče”
- French: “Vrtoče”
- German: “Vertatz”
- German: “Vrtoče”
- Irish: “Vrtoče”
- Italian: “Vertozza”
- Italian: “Vrtoče”
- Macedonian: “Врточе (Мирен-Костањевица)”
- Macedonian: “Врточе”
- Polish: “Vrtoče”
- Romanian: “Vrtoče”
- Serbian: “Врточе (Мирен-Костањевица)”
- Serbian: “Врточе”
- Slovenian: “Vrtoče”
- Tatar: “Врточе”
- Ukrainian: “Врточе”
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