Municipality of Škofja Loka

The Municipality of Škofja Loka is a municipality in the region of . The seat of the municipality is the town of . The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Škofja Loka was subdivided into the municipalities of , Škofja Loka, Železniki, and Žiri.
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  • Type: municipality of Slovenia with 22,700 residents
  • Description: municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: Obcina Skofja Loka”, “Opština Škofja Loka”, and “Škofja Loka

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loka Castle and Stara Loka Castle.

Castle

Castle
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Castle
is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Škofja Loka and Puštal.

is a town in . It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of in . It has about 12,000 inhabitants.

Village
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is a settlement on the right bank of the Sora River in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the region of . It is connected to the town of by a road bridge and a well-known wooden footbridge called the Devil's Footbridge.

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the region of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Municipality of Škofja Loka.

Municipality of Škofja Loka

Latitude
46.1631° or 46° 9′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.2817° or 14° 16′ 54″ east
Population
22,700
Elevation
509 metres (1,670 feet)
Open location code
8FRP577J+6M
Geo­Names ID
3190716
Wiki­data ID
Q2318898
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Municipality of Škofja Loka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بلدية شكوفيا لوكا
  • Belarusian: Шкофя Лока
  • Bengali: স্কোফিয়া লোকা পৌরসভা
  • Catalan: Municipi de Škofja Loka
  • Cebuano: Občina Škofja Loka
  • Chechen: Шкофя Лока (община)
  • Chechen: Шкофя Лока
  • Chinese: Škofja Loka Kong-siā
  • Chinese: 什科菲亚洛卡市镇
  • Chinese: 什科菲亞洛卡市鎮
  • Croatian: Općina Škofja Loka
  • Czech: Občina Škofja Loka
  • Danish: Škofja Loka Municipality
  • Dutch: Škofja Loka
  • Esperanto: Občina Škofja Loka
  • Finnish: Škofja Lokan kunta
  • French: Municipalité de Škofja Loka
  • French: Škofja Loka
  • German: Gemeinde Škofja Loka
  • German: Občina Škofja Loka
  • German: Škofja Loka
  • Greek: Σκόφτζα Λόκα
  • Gujarati: સ્કોફજા લોકા મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી
  • Hindi: स्कोफिया लोका नगरपालिका
  • Hungarian: Škofja Loka község
  • Indonesian: Kotamadya Škofja Loka
  • Indonesian: Munisipalitas Škofja Loka
  • Italian: Comune di Škofja Loka
  • Italian: Škofja Loka
  • Japanese: シュコーフィア・ロカ
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಕೋಜಾ ಲೋಕಾ ಪುರಸಭೆ
  • Korean: 슈코퍄로카 지방 자치제
  • Korean: 슈코피아로카 지방 자치제
  • Kurdish: Škofja Loka
  • Latvian: Škofjas Lokas pašvaldība
  • Lithuanian: Škofja Lokos savivaldybė
  • Macedonian: Општина Шкофја Лока
  • Malay: Skofja Loka Municipality
  • Marathi: स्कोफजा लोका म्युन्सिपाल्टी
  • Min Nan Chinese: Škofja Loka Kong-siā
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skofja Loka kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Škofja Loka kommune
  • Polish: Gmina Škofja Loka
  • Portuguese: Município de Skofja Loka
  • Portuguese: Skofja Loka
  • Portuguese: Škofja Loka
  • Romanian: Comuna Škofja Loka
  • Russian: Шкофья-Лока
  • Serbian: Општина Шкофја Лока
  • Serbo-Croatian: Škofja Loka
  • Sinhala: ස්කොෆ්ජා ලෝකා නගර සභාව
  • Slovenian: Občina Škofja Loka
  • Spanish: Municipio de Škofja Loka
  • Spanish: Skofja Loka
  • Spanish: Škofja Loka
  • Swedish: Skofja Loka kommun
  • Tamil: ஸ்கொபிஜெ லோகா நகராட்சி
  • Tatar: Шкофя Лока (община)
  • Tatar: Шкофя Лока
  • Telugu: స్కోఫ్జా లోకా పురపాలక సంస్థ
  • Telugu: స్కోఫ్జా లోకా మున్సిపాలిటీ
  • Thai: เทศบาลชโกฟิยาโลกา
  • Turkish: Škofja Loka
  • Ukrainian: Шкофя Лока
  • Urdu: سکوفجا لوکا میونسپلٹی
  • Vietnamese: Đô thị tự trị Skofja Loka
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Škofja Loka

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lubnik and Škofja Loka train station.

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