Kokra (settlement)

Kokra
Kokra
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates:
Country Slovenia
Region Upper Carniola
Municipality Preddvor
Area
 • Total 52.74 km2 (20.4 sq mi)
Elevation 898.9 m (2,949 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 266
[1]

Kokra is a settlement scattered along a 10 km stretch of the road from Kranj to Jezersko Peak in the Kokra Valley in the municipality of Preddvor in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia[2].

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was completed in 1797 and dedicated in 1802.[3]

There is also a monument to the local victims of the Second World War in the settlement.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Preddvor municipal site
  3. ^ Kokra at Kam.si (Slovene)
  4. ^ Official Journal of the Municipality of Preddvor 12(4), 19 October 2006, with list of declared cultural monuments in the municipality

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Settlements
Landmarks
Storžič, Lake Črnava, Turn Castle, Hrib Castle, Dvor Castle, Church of Saint Laurence
Notable people