Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko Sveti Florjan (until 1955), Florjan nad Zmincem (1955–2002)

46°9′6.56″N 14°14′14.29″E / 46.1518222°N 14.2373028°E / 46.1518222; 14.2373028
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Škofja Loka
Area
• Total	1.91 km² (0.74 sq mi)
Elevation	619.7 m (2,033.1 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	27
^[1]

Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti flɔɾˈjaːn nat ˈʃkoːfjɔ ˈloːkɔ]; in older sources also Sveti Florjan,^[2] German: Sankt Florian^[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The church of Saint Florian on a hill above the village, though actually belonging to the neighbouring village of Sopotnica, gave its name to the settlement.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Florjan (literally, 'Saint Florian') to Florjan na Zmincem (literally, 'Florian above Zminec') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name was changed again in 2002 to Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko.^[3]^[4]^[5] In the past the German name was Sankt Florian.^[2]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b ^c Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.

External links

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Municipality of Škofja Loka

Settlements

Administrative seat: Škofja Loka

Current	Binkelj Bodovlje Breznica pod Lubnikom Brode Bukov Vrh nad Visokim Bukovica Bukovščica Crngrob Dorfarje Draga Forme Gabrk Gabrovo Gabrška Gora Godešič Gorenja Vas–Reteče Gosteče Grenc Hosta Knape Kovski Vrh Križna Gora Lipica Log nad Škofjo Loko Moškrin Na Logu Papirnica Pevno Podpulfrca Pozirno Praprotno Pungert Puštal Reteče Rovte v Selški Dolini Ševlje Sopotnica Spodnja Luša Staniše Stara Loka Stirpnik Strmica Suha Svetega Petra Hrib Sveti Andrej Sveta Barbara Sveti Duh Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko Sveti Lenart Sveti Ožbolt Sveti Tomaž Trata Trnje Valterski Vrh Vešter Vincarje Virlog Virmaše Visoko pri Poljanah Zgornja Luša Zminec
Former	Stari Dvor

Current