Borje, Litija

Borje
Borje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°2′30″N 15°02′40″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Litija
Elevation [1]	741 m (2,431 ft)
[2]

Borje (pronounced [ˈbɔːɾjɛ]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Dobovica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.^[3]

Geography

Borje stands at the top of a hill southwest of the main part of Dobovica.

Name

The name Borje is derived from the Slovene common noun borje 'pine forest' (< bor 'pine'), referring to the local vegetation.^[4]

History

Borje had a population of 85 living in 13 houses in 1900.^[5] Dobovica was originally a hamlet of Borje, but this relationship was reversed in 1952, when Borje was made a hamlet of Dobovica, ending its existence as a separate settlement.^[6]

References

1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 310.
2. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
3. Litija municipal site
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 71.
5. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 90–91.
6. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 7, 19.

External links

• Borje on Geopedia