Volčje, Brežice

Volčje
Volčje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°58′55.06″N 15°34′46.66″E / 45.9819611°N 15.5796278°E / 45.9819611; 15.5796278Coordinates: 45°58′55.06″N 15°34′46.66″E / 45.9819611°N 15.5796278°E / 45.9819611; 15.5796278
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
 • Total 3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Elevation 282.9 m (928.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 103
[1]

Volčje (pronounced [ʋɔu̯ˈtʃjeː]) is a village in the hills north of Brežice in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]

History

On 1 July 1936 the boundary at the southern end of Volčje was redrawn, and the village lost 7 houses (28 people) to the adjoining village of Artiče.[3]

Church

There is a small church dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Brežice municipal site
  3. ↑ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 611.
  4. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p.48.


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