Merče
Merče is a village in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The local church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Parish of Povir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: franzpegan, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 100 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Mrče”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Andrew’s Church and Vilenica Cave.
Vilenica Cave
Cave
Photo: Tiesse, Public domain.
Vilenica Cave or Vilenica Cave at Lokev is the oldest show cave in Europe. The first tourists to the cave were recorded in 1633. It is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia. Vilenica Cave is situated 3 km south of Merče.
Sežana railway station
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sežana railway station serves the town and municipality of Sežana, in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Sežana railway station is situated 3 km west of Merče.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plešivica and Žirje.
Plešivica
Hamlet
Plešivica is a small village west of Povir in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Žirje
Hamlet
Žirje is a small village northeast of Povir in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Dane pri Sežani
Village
Dane pri Sežani is a settlement just outside Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Merče
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Sežana, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.70197° or 45° 42′ 7″ northLongitude
13.90032° or 13° 54′ 1″ eastPopulation
100Elevation
398 metres (1,306 feet)Open location code
8FQMPW22+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 842977165OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3195242Wikidata ID
Q553797
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Merče” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Merče”
- Cebuano: “Merče”
- Chechen: “Мерче”
- Croatian: “Merče”
- Dutch: “Merce”
- Dutch: “Merče”
- French: “Merče”
- Irish: “Merče”
- Italian: “Merče”
- Italian: “Merciano”
- Macedonian: “Мерче”
- Polish: “Merče”
- Romanian: “Merče”
- Serbian: “Мерче”
- Slovenian: “Merče”
- Tatar: “Мерче”
- Ukrainian: “Мерче”
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