Cesta, Dobrepolje
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Cesta | |
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Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′37.07″N 14°41′29.12″E / 45.8602972°N 14.6914222°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Dobrepolje |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 444.2 m (1,457.3 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 268 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
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Cesta (pronounced [ˈtseːsta]; German: Zesta[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Dobrepolje in the historical region of Lower Carniola in Slovenia. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Name
Cesta was attested in historical sources as Cezt in 1141 and Strassen in 1436.[4] The Slovene name Cesta means 'road'. Places with this name in Slovenia lie along roads that predated Slavic settlement in the area.[5]
Cultural heritage
A small roadside chapel-shrine in the southern part of the settlement dates to the late 19th century.[6]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.
- ↑ Dobrepolje municipal site
- ↑ "Cesta". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ↑ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 90.
- ↑ "EŠD 16746". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
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