Kladje nad Blanco

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Kladje nad Blanco
Kladje nad Blanco
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°59′45.37″N 15°24′25.81″E / 45.9959361°N 15.4071694°E / 45.9959361; 15.4071694Coordinates: 45°59′45.37″N 15°24′25.81″E / 45.9959361°N 15.4071694°E / 45.9959361; 15.4071694
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Sevnica
Area
  Total 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Elevation 222 m (728 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 150
[1]

Kladje nad Blanco is a settlement east of Blanca on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Kladje to Kladje nad Blanco in 1953.[3]

Cultural heritage

There are two Iron Age burial mounds near the settlement. Although they do not belong to the same era, local legend associates them with Attila's grave.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Sevnica municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. "EŠD 14735". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovene). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 

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