Idrija
Idrija lies among the green hills of western Slovenia in the Julian Alps. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is between the Alpine and the Karst regions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wild Lake and Miner’s House, Idrija.
Wild Lake
Lake
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
Wild Lake is a lake near Idrija in western Slovenia and a karst spring of the Vauclusian type. The lake is the source of the Jezernica River, a tributary of the Idrijca and, at 55 metres long, the shortest river in Slovenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spodnja Idrija and Čekovnik.
Spodnja Idrija
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Spodnja Idrija is a settlement on the right bank of the Idrijca River in the Municipality of Idrija in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Spodnja Idrija is situated 4 km northeast of Idrija.
Čekovnik
Village
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Čekovnik is a dispersed settlement in the hills west of Idrija in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Idrija
- Also known as: “Občina Idrija” and “Opština Idrija”
- Location: Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46° northLongitude
14° eastPopulation
11,900Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)Open location code
8FRP2222+22GeoNames ID
3199169
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Idrija” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيدرييا”
- Chinese: “伊德里亞”
- Georgian: “იდრია”
- Hebrew: “אידריה”
- Italian: “Idria”
- Japanese: “イドリヤ”
- Korean: “이드리야”
- Mingrelian: “იიდრიია”
- Persian: “ایدرییا”
- Russian: “Идрия”
- Serbian: “Идрија”
- Ukrainian: “Ідрія”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Idrija”. Photo: MollySVH, CC BY 2.0.