Opale

Opale
Opale
	Opale Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°1′10.15″N 14°7′59.23″E / 46.0194861°N 14.1331194°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Žiri
Area
• Total	2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Elevation	762.1 m (2,500.3 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	26

Opale (pronounced [ˈoːpalɛ]) is a small settlement in the hills southeast of Žiri in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.^[2]

Geography

Opale is made up of the central hamlet of Martinj Vrh at the crossroads in the center of the village's territory plus three dispersed hamlets: Log to the north, and Opale and Laznar to the west.

Name

Opale was attested in historical sources as Goreniissgori (i.e., Gorenje Izgorje 'upper Izgorje') in 1500.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Žiri municipal site
^ Planina, France (1962). Poljanska in Selška dolina. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 82.
^ Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 693.

External links

Opale on Geopedia

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Žiri municipal site

[3] Planina, France (1962). Poljanska in Selška dolina. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. p. 82.

[4] Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 693.

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