Bohinj Municipality

Bohinj, or the Bohinj Valley or Bohinj Basin, is a 20 km long and 5 km wide basin in the , in the region of northwestern .
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  • Type: territory with 5,260 residents
  • Description: geographical area in northwestern Slovenia
  • Also known as: Bohinj” and “Bohinj Basin

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oplen’s house and Alpine Dairy Farming Museum.

Museum
is a museum.

Museum
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.

Peak
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uskovnica and Bohinjska Bistrica.

is an Alpine pasture on the Plateau in the Bohinj area belonging to the village of . The majority of the pasture's cottages are now used as vacation and tourist facilities.

Village
is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Bohinj, in the region of northwestern . is situated 3½ km southeast of Bohinj Municipality.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a settlement in the Municipality of Bohinj in the region of . The northern tip of the village is located at Slovenia's highest peak, , and forms a tripoint with and settlements.

Bohinj Municipality

Latitude
46.295° or 46° 17′ 42″ north
Longitude
13.9239° or 13° 55′ 26″ east
Population
5,260
Elevation
585 metres (1,919 feet)
Open location code
8FRM7WWF+2H
Geo­Names ID
3239101
Wiki­data ID
Q833595
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bohinj Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بلدية بوهيني
  • Aragonese: Bohinj
  • Bashkir: Бохинь
  • Basque: Bohinj
  • Bengali: বোহিঞ্জ পৌরসভা
  • Bosnian: Bohinj
  • Catalan: Bohinj
  • Cebuano: Bohinj
  • Chechen: Бохинь
  • Chinese: 博希尼市镇
  • Croatian: Bohinj
  • Croatian: Općina Bohinj
  • Czech: Bohinj
  • Czech: Občina Bohinj
  • Danish: Bohinj Municipality
  • Dutch: Bohinj
  • Esperanto: Občina Bohinj
  • Finnish: Bohinjn kunta
  • French: Bohinj
  • French: Municipalité de Bohinj
  • German: Bohinj
  • German: Gemeinde Bohinj
  • German: SI-004
  • German: Wochein
  • Greek: Μποχίντζ
  • Gujarati: બોહિંજ મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી
  • Hindi: बोहिंज नगरपालिका
  • Hungarian: Bohinj község
  • Hungarian: Bohinj
  • Indonesian: Kotamadya Bohinj
  • Italian: Bohinj
  • Japanese: ボーヒニ
  • Japanese: ボーヒン
  • Kannada: ಬೊಹಿಂಜ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ
  • Korean: 보힌
  • Latvian: Bohiņas ieleja
  • Latvian: Bohinjas pašvaldība
  • Lithuanian: Bochinio savivaldybė
  • Lombard: Bohinj
  • Macedonian: Бохињ
  • Macedonian: Општина Бохињ
  • Malay: Bohinj Municipality
  • Marathi: बोहिनज म्युन्सिपाल्टी
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bohinj Kong-siā
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bohinj Kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bohinj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bohinj
  • Norwegian: Bohinj
  • Persian: شهرداری بوهینج
  • Polish: Bohinj
  • Polish: Gmina Bohinj
  • Portuguese: Bohinj
  • Romanian: Bohinj
  • Romanian: Comuna Bohinj
  • Russian: Бохинь
  • Scots: Municipality o Bohinj
  • Serbian: Бохињ
  • Serbian: Општина Бохињ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bohinj
  • Sinhala: බොහින්ජ් නගර සභාව
  • Slovenian: Bohinj
  • Slovenian: Bohinjska dolina
  • Slovenian: Bohinjska kotlina
  • Slovenian: Občina Bohinj
  • Slovenian: Wochein
  • Spanish: Bohinj
  • Spanish: Municipalidad del Cayo
  • Swedish: Bohinj
  • Tamil: போஹிஞ்சா நகராட்சி
  • Tatar: Бохинь
  • Telugu: బోహింజ్ మున్సిపాలిటీ
  • Thai: เทศบาลบอคิน
  • Turkish: Bohinj
  • Ukrainian: Бохінь
  • Urdu: بلدیہ بوخن
  • Venetian: Bohinj
  • Vietnamese: Bohinj Basin
  • Vietnamese: Bohinj
  • Vietnamese: Khu tự trị Bohinj
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Bohinj

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ajdovski Gradec and Bohinjska Bistrica railway station.

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