Vesca
Vesca | |
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  Vesca Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°9′20.78″N 14°30′27.9″E / 46.1557722°N 14.507750°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Vodice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 322.3 m (1,057.4 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 53 |
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Vesca (pronounced [ˈʋeːstsa]; in older sources also Vesce),[2] German: Wesze[2] is a small settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] It lies in the middle of the Skaručna Basin (Slovene: Skaruško polje).[4]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people that were born or lived in Vesca include:
- Matija Koželj (1842–1917), painter[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 32.
- ^ Vodice municipal site
- ^ Frišek, Anja, 2008. Strokovne podlage za Krajinski park Dobeno. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za geografijo, p. 12.
- ^ Slovenski biografski leksikon: Matija Koželj (in Slovene)
External links
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Media related to Vesca at Wikimedia Commons- Vesca on Geopedia
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Vodice
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