| Sveti Gregor | |
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Sveti Gregor
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| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Ribnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.38 km2 (0.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 735.5 m (2,413 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 45 |
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Sveti Gregor is a village in the hills to the north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It belongs to the Ribnica municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region.[2]
The parish church in the settlement, from which the village also gets its name is dedicated to Saint Gregory and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1826 on the site of an earlier church.[3]
The Slovene politician, journalist and author Janez Evangelist Krek was born in the village in 1865.
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