Spodnja Sorica
Spodnja Sorica is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In January 2026, the population was 110. It is the birthplace of the Slovene Impressionist painter Ivan Grohar.- Type: Village with 103 residents
- Description: place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Sorica” and “Zraz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soriška Planina Ski Resort and Slatnik.
Soriška Planina Ski Resort
Slatnik
Peak
Slatnik is a 1,598-meter mountain in northwestern Slovenia. It stands southwest of the Sorica Plateau. Slatnik is situated 3 km northwest of Spodnja Sorica.
Alpine Wall
Bunker
The Alpine Wall was an Italian system of fortifications along the 1,851 km of Italy's northern frontier. Built in the years leading up to World War II at the direction of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the defensive line faced France, Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Alpine Wall is situated 3½ km northwest of Spodnja Sorica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zgornja Sorica and Spodnje Danje.
Zgornja Sorica
Village
Zgornja Sorica is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In January 2026, the population was 157. Zgornja Sorica together with neighbouring Spodnja Sorica, like Nemški Rovt in Bohinj and Rut, is part of a former German language island in a remote valley of the Julian Alps.
Spodnje Danje
Village
Spodnje Danje is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In January 2026, the population was 44.
Zgornje Danje
Village
Zgornje Danje is a high-elevation settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Although there are seven houses in the settlement, in January 2026, the population was 6. It includes the hamlet of Trojar.
Spodnja Sorica
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Železniki, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.21842° or 46° 13′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.03248° or 14° 1′ 57″ east
Population
103
Elevation
759 metres (2,490 feet)
Open location code
8FRP629J+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Spodnja Sorica” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سبودنيا سوريكا”
- Bosnian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Cebuano: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Chechen: “Сподня Сориця”
- Croatian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Czech: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Dutch: “Spodnja Sorica”
- French: “Spodnja Sorica”
- German: “Spodnja Sorica”
- German: “Unterzarz”
- Irish: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Macedonian: “Сподња Сорица”
- Polish: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Romanian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Serbian: “Сподња Сорица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Slovenian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Tatar: “Сподня Сориця”
- Ukrainian: “Сподня Сориця”
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Notable Places Nearby
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