Poče
Poče is a settlement in the hills north of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia. The name of the settlement is derived from the word poč 'well', which is preserved in the Resian dialect.- Type: Village with 88 residents
- Description: place in Littoral, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Poce”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Franja Partisan Hospital and Porezen.
Franja Partisan Hospital
Ruins
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Franja Partisan Hospital was a secret World War II hospital at Dolenji Novaki near Cerkno in western Slovenia. It was run by the Slovene Partisans from December 1943 until the end of the war as part of a broadly organized resistance movement against the Fascist Italian and Nazi German forces. Franja Partisan Hospital is situated 3½ km east of Poče.
Porezen
Peak
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Mount Porezen is a mountain of the outlying Alps located in northwestern Slovenia. It is the highest summit of the Slovenian Prealps. Porezen is situated 2½ km north of Poče.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laznica and Gorje.
Laznica
Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laznica is a small settlement in the hills north of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia.
Gorje
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gorje is a settlement in the hills north of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia.
Trebenče
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trebenče is a village north of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia.
Poče
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Cerkno, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.15377° or 46° 9′ 14″ northLongitude
13.98357° or 13° 59′ 1″ eastPopulation
88Elevation
1,365 metres (4,478 feet)Open location code
8FRM5X3M+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3121942754OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8987936Wikidata ID
Q2204685
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Poče” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Poče”
- Croatian: “Poče”
- Dutch: “Poče”
- French: “Poče”
- Irish: “Poče”
- Italian: “Poče”
- Macedonian: “Поче”
- Polish: “Poče”
- Romanian: “Poče”
- Serbian: “Поче”
- Slovenian: “Poče”
- Ukrainian: “Поче”
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