Municipality o Cerkno
Municipality o Cerkno Občina Cerkno | |
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 Location o the Municipality o Cerkno in Slovenie | |
| Coordinates: 46°8′N 13°58′E / 46.133°N 13.967°ECoordinates: 46°8′N 13°58′E / 46.133°N 13.967°E | |
| Kintra |  Slovenie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Gašper Uršič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 131.6 km2 (50.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,040 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Municipality o Cerkno (Slovene: Občina Cerkno) is a municipality in the Littoral region o Slovenie.[2] The seat o the municipality is the toun o Cerkno. The municipality haes aroond 5,000 fowk.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Historically, the Cerkno Hills belangit tae Tolmin Coonty. In the 16t hunderyear, the aurie came unner Habsburg rule, an wis includit in the Coonty o Gorizia an Gradisca. Efter the end o Warld War I, the aurie wis occupee'd bi the Italian Airmy, an then offeecially annexed tae Italy in 1920. Atween 1920 an 1943, it wis pairt o the admeenistrative region kent as the Julian Mairch. Efter the Italian airmistice in September 1943, Cerkno wis leeberatit bi the Yugoslav Pairtisans an the region became ane o the maist important centres o Pairtisan resistance in the Slovene Littoral. In 1945, the aurie came unner Yugoslav militar admeenistration, an in 1947 it wis offeecially annexed tae the Socialist Republic o Slovenie athin the Socialist Federal Republic o Yugoslavie.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Media relatit tae Municipality of Cerkno at Wikimedia Commons
- Cerkno municipal steid (in Slovene)
- Municipality o Cerkno at Geopedia Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
