Municipality of Bloke
Municipality of Bloke
Občina Bloke | |
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Coordinates: 45°47′N 14°29′E / 45.783°N 14.483°ECoordinates: 45°47′N 14°29′E / 45.783°N 14.483°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jože Doles |
Area | |
• Total | 75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi) |
Population (2002)[1] | |
• Total | 1,578 |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Website | www |
The Municipality of Bloke (pronounced [ˈblòːkɛ, ˈblóːkɛ]; Slovene: Občina Bloke) is a municipality in Slovenia. Originally a municipality in its own right, it was incorporated into the Municipality of Cerknica in 1955 and it was included in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in 1995, when it split from Cerknica. It was re-established as an independent municipality in 1998.[2]
Etymology[]
The Municipality of Bloke is named after the karst Bloke Plateau, over which the majority of its 45 settlements are scattered. The name Bloke was first attested in written sources in 1230 as Oblach (and as Oblukch in 1260, Oblakh in 1360, and Obloc in 1581). These early transcriptions indicate that the name was originally *Obloke, probably derived from the prepositional phrase *ob(ь) lǫky or *ob(ь) lǫkaxъ 'next to the flood-meadow(s)'. Less likely theories connect the name to the meanings 'next to rough terrain' or 'arc, arch'.[3]
Settlements[]
In addition to the municipal seat of Nova Vas, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
- Andrejčje
- Benete
- Bočkovo
- Fara
- Glina
- Godičevo
- Gradiško
- Hiteno
- Hribarjevo
- Hudi Vrh
- Jeršanovo
- Kramplje
- Lahovo
- Lepi Vrh
- Lovranovo
- Malni
- Metulje
- Mramorovo pri Lužarjih
- Mramorovo pri Pajkovem
- Nemška Vas na Blokah
- Ograda
- Polšeče
- Radlek
- Ravne na Blokah
- Ravnik
- Rožanče
- Runarsko
- Škrabče
- Škufče
- Sleme
- Štorovo
- Strmca
- Studenec na Blokah
- Studeno na Blokah
- Sveta Trojica
- Sveti Duh
- Topol
- Ulaka
- Velike Bloke
- Veliki Vrh
- Volčje
- Zakraj
- Zales
- Zavrh
Notable people[]
- , poet and writer (1914, Nemška Vas na Blokah – 1942, Sveti Vid)
- , writer, postal clerk, researcher of rural life (1893, Benete – 1989, Ljubljana)
- , lawyer, attorney general, president of the New Slovenian Covenant (1928, Bloke – 2018, Ljubljana)
- , priest (1901, Verd – 1952, Nova Vas)
- , Tito's doctor and Partisan (1899, Nova Vas – 1961, Ljubljana)
- , linguist (1884, Lahovo – 1915, Renče)
- , railway official and musician (1880, Velike Bloke – 1948)
- , priest (1877, Velike Bloke – 1952, Cleveland)
- Ivan Prezelj, general in the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Slovenian National Army (1895, Nova Vas – 1973, Cleveland)
- , linguist, translator (1894, Nova Vas – 1969, Ljubljana)
- , nom de guerre Aljoša, Partisan (1912–1943)
- , politician and organizer (1885, Fara, Bloke – 1942, Ljubljana)
- , astronomer (1880, Fara, Bloke – 1950, Ljubljana)
- , born Alojz Tomc, priest (1903, Nova Vas – 1989, Cleveland)
- , author of juvenile literature (1882, Volčje – 1903, Vavta Vas)
- Milena Usenik, athlete and painter (born 1934, Veliki Vrh)
- , forestry expert and politician (1939, Nova Vas – 2013)
- , journalist and editor (1921, Studenec na Blokah – 1981, Ljubljana)
- , political agitator, communist, Partisan, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (1909, Straža na Gori pri Dramljah – 1942, Hribarjevo, Velike Bloke)
- , mechanical engineer and construction entrepreneur (born 1938, Škrabče)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
- ^ Bloke municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 65.
External links[]
- Media related to Municipality of Bloke at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site of the municipality (in Slovene)
- Municipality of Bloke. Maps and information. Geopedia.si
- Municipality of Bloke
- Municipalities of Slovenia
- Municipalities in Inner Carniola
- 1998 establishments in Slovenia
- Notranjsko-kraška statistical region geography stubs