Gorenje Skopice

Gorenje Skopice
Gorenje Skopice Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′21.6″N 15°32′50.12″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Area
• Total	4.98 km^2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation	150.7 m (494.4 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	180
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
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Gorenje Skopice (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnjɛ skɔˈpiːtsɛ]; German: Oberskopiz^[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.^[3]

In the hamlet of Pečina in the settlement, remains of a small Roman Villa rustica on the Roman road from Emona to Siscia with a 1st-century burial ground have been found. Archaeological evidence shows that the site was also occupied in the 4th and 5th centuries.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 76.
3. Brežice municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 15568

External links

• Gorenje Skopice on Geopedia