Todraž

Todraž

Todraž
Todraž

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°5′10.61″N 14°9′40.68″E / 46.0862806°N 14.1613000°ECoordinates: 46°5′10.61″N 14°9′40.68″E / 46.0862806°N 14.1613000°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Area
 • Total 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation 418.5 m (1,373.0 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 9
[1]

Todraž is a small settlement southeast of Gorenja Vas in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

The name Todraž was first attested in written sources as Witodras in 1291 and 1381 (and Wittodrasy in 1501). These transcriptions indicate that it is derived from *Vitodraž, in turn based on the Slavic personal name Vitodrag.[3]

Uranium mine

The headquarters of the Žirovski Vrh Uranium Mine are in the settlement. The mine was permanently closed in the 1990s. The site is being sanctioned and the company, now funded by the Slovene government, is in charge of the safe closure of the mine and of restoring the environment.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Gorenja Vas–Poljane municipal site
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 430.
  4. ↑ Žirovski Vrh Mine, public company for the closure of the mine, site (Slovene)

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