Municipality of Žirovnica
The Municipality of Žirovnica is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Breznica. In the Završnica Valley, behind the Reber range that overlooks the villages, the first public hydroelectric plant in Slovenia was built in 1914.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Slovenia with 4,360 residents
- Description: municipality of Slovenia
- Also known as: “Obcina Zirovnica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stol and Ajdna.
Stol
Peak
Photo: Epirker, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stol or Hochstuhl, at 2,236 m, is the highest mountain of the Karawanks and straddles the border between Slovenia and Austria.
Ajdna
Peak
Photo: Luka Škerjanec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ajdna is a peak in the Karawanks in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Access to it is easiest from the village of Potoki in the neighbouring Municipality of Jesenice. Ajdna is situated 3½ km west of Municipality of Žirovnica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breznica and Vrba.
Breznica
Village
Photo: Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Breznica is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. Most of the village has developed on the slopes of the Reber range, leaving open fields towards the south and east.
Vrba
Village
Photo: Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vrba is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniolan region of Slovenia. It was first mentioned in written sources from 1247 and is a typical example of a compact Alpine village. Vrba is situated 3½ km southwest of Municipality of Žirovnica.
Zabreznica
Village
Zabreznica is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.
Municipality of Žirovnica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Municipality of Žirovnica” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدية جيروفنيتسا”
- Belarusian: “Жыроўніца”
- Bengali: “জিরোভনিকা পৌরসভা”
- Bosnian: “Žirovnica”
- Catalan: “Municipi de Žirovnica”
- Cebuano: “Občina Žirovnica (munisipyo sa Eslobenya)”
- Cebuano: “Občina Žirovnica”
- Chechen: “Жировниця (община)”
- Chechen: “Жировниця”
- Chinese: “Žirovnica Kong-siā”
- Chinese: “日罗夫尼察市镇”
- Chinese: “日羅夫尼察市鎮”
- Croatian: “Općina Žirovnica”
- Czech: “Občina Žirovnica”
- Danish: “Žirovnica Municipality”
- Dutch: “Žirovnica”
- Esperanto: “Občina Žirovnica”
- Finnish: “Žirovnican kunta”
- French: “Žirovnica (Slovénie)”
- French: “Žirovnica”
- German: “Gemeinde Žirovnica”
- German: “Scheraunitz”
- German: “SI-192”
- German: “Zirovnica”
- German: “Žirovnica”
- Greek: “Ζιροβνίκα”
- Gujarati: “ઝીરોનિકા મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી”
- Hindi: “ज़िरोवनिका नगरपालिका”
- Hungarian: “Žirovnica község”
- Indonesian: “Kotamadya Žirovnica”
- Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Žirovnica”
- Italian: “Comune di Žirovnica”
- Italian: “Scheraunitz”
- Italian: “Zirovnica”
- Italian: “Žirovnica”
- Japanese: “Žirovnica”
- Japanese: “ジロヴニツァ”
- Kannada: “ಸಿರೊನಿಕಾ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
- Korean: “지로우니차”
- Latvian: “Žirovnicas pašvaldība”
- Lithuanian: “Žirovnicos savivaldybė”
- Lombard: “Žirovnica”
- Macedonian: “Општина Жировница”
- Malay: “Zirovnica Municipality”
- Marathi: “झिरोवनीचा म्युन्सिपाल्टी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Žirovnica Kong-siā”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zirovnica kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Žirovnica”
- Persian: “شهرداری شیروونیکا”
- Polish: “Gmina Žirovnica”
- Polish: “Žirovnica”
- Portuguese: “Žirovnica”
- Romanian: “Comuna Žirovnica”
- Romanian: “Zirovnica”
- Romanian: “Žirovnica”
- Russian: “Жировница”
- Serbian: “Општина Жировница”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Žirovnica”
- Sinhala: “සිරෝව්නිකා නගර සභාව”
- Slovenian: “Občina Žirovnica”
- Spanish: “Žirovnica”
- Swedish: “Zirovnica kommun”
- Tamil: “சிரோவனிக்கா நகராட்சி”
- Tatar: “Жировниця (община)”
- Tatar: “Жировниця”
- Telugu: “జరిోవ్నికా పురపాలక సంస్థ”
- Telugu: “జరిోవ్నికా మున్సిపాలిటీ”
- Thai: “เทศบาลฌิโรว์นิตซา”
- Turkish: “Žirovnica”
- Ukrainian: “Жировниця”
- Ukrainian: “Жировніца”
- Urdu: “زیروونیکا میونسپلٹی”
- Venetian: “Žirovnica”
- Vietnamese: “Žirovnica”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Žirovnica”
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