Prevoje pri Šentvidu

Prevoje pri Šentvidu
Prevoje pri Šentvidu Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°9′39.64″N 14°39′43.84″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Lukovica
Area
• Total	2.36 km^2 (0.91 sq mi)
Elevation	337.2 m (1,106.3 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	689
[1]

Prevoje pri Šentvidu (pronounced [pɾɛˈʋoːjɛ pɾi ʃɛnˈtʋiːdu] or [pɾɛˈʋoːjɛ pɾi ʃənˈtʋiːdu]) is a settlement northeast of Ljubljana on the road to Celje in Slovenia. It is in the Municipality of Lukovica in the eastern part of the Upper Carniola region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Prevoje to Prevoje pri Šentvidu in 1953.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Prevoje pri Šentvidu include:

• Jakob Zupan (1785–1852), linguist[4]
• Stanko Pelc (born 1957), geographer[5][6]
• Viktor Avbelj

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. "Lukovica municipal site". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Suhadolnik, Stane. "Jakob Zupan (1785–1852)". Slovenska biografija. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
5. "Stanko Pelc". Univerza na Primorskem. Koper. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
6. "Pisci člankov". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 7. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. 1993. p. ix. dr. Stanko Pelc, geograf, zasebni raziskovalec, Prevoje pri Šentvidu

External links

• Media related to Prevoje pri Šentvidu at Wikimedia Commons
• Prevoje pri Šentvidu on Geopedia