Country Slovenia Statistical region Upper Carniola Elevation 620 m Local time Sunday 12:30 AM | Traditional region Upper Carniola Municipality Škofja Loka Area 191 ha Population 27 (2002) | |
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Sveti Florijan nad Škofjo Loko ([ˈsʋeːti flɔɾˈjaːn nat ˈʃkoːfjɔ ˈloːkɔ]; in older sources also Sveti Florjan, German: Sankt Florian) 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.
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Map of 4220 Sveti Florijan nad %C5%A0kofjo Loko, Slovenia
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. In the past the German name was Sankt Florian.