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Vrhnika

Southern Europe

Vrhnika is a town in Slovenia's Inner Carniola region, seat of the Municipality of Vrhnika, on the Ljubljanica River about 21 kilometers from Ljubljana, with 8,454 residents at the 2012 census. Built on the site of the Roman settlement of Nauportus, a transfer point where river cargo was loaded onto pack animals or carts, it was one of Carniola's wealthiest market towns from the High Middle Ages into the early 18th century until the Austrian Southern Railway bypassed it in the 1840s and it declined into a satellite of Ljubljana.

Facts
Population
8454 1
Area (sq km)
18.9 1
Founding Year
1300 2
Founding Year
1300 2
Population Estimate Year
2012 1
Elevation (m)
293 1
Latitude
45.962375 degrees north 1
Longitude
14.293736 degrees east 1
FAQs

What does the name Vrhnika mean?

The name refers to the source of the Ljubljanica River.

The Slovene name is probably a compound of vrh, meaning top or summit, and nika or nikve, meaning creek or spring, referring to the source of the Ljubljanica River. In Roman times the settlement was called Nauportus, from the Latin navis, boat, and portus, transfer, a place where cargo had to be moved from boats to pack animals or carts along a trade route.
Sources
1. Vrhnika, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Population
    (2012) • Total 8,454
  • Infobox, Population year
    (2012) • Total 8,454
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    18.9
  • Infobox, Elevation
    293.1 m (962 ft)
  • Infobox, Coordinates (latitude)
    45.9623750°N
  • Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
    14.2937361°E
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Wikipedia (Slovenian): Vrhnika
Wikipedia (Slovenian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1300
    V pisnih virih se Vrhnika prvič omenja leta 1300 kot Gornja Ljubljana; kot trg pa jo je označil šele Valvazor v svoji Slavi vojvodine Kranjske leta 1689.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1300
    V pisnih virih se Vrhnika prvič omenja leta 1300 kot Gornja Ljubljana; kot trg pa jo je označil šele Valvazor v svoji Slavi vojvodine Kranjske leta 1689.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1300
    V pisnih virih se Vrhnika prvič omenja leta 1300 kot Gornja Ljubljana; kot trg pa jo je označil šele Valvazor v svoji Slavi vojvodine Kranjske leta 1689.
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Wikidata: Vrhnika
Wikidata Q438, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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