Selce, Zagorje ob Savi

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Country Slovenia
Elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)
Selce
Selce is located in Slovenia
Selce
Selce
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°6′20″N 14°54′54″E / 46.10556°N 14.91500°E / 46.10556; 14.91500
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Sava
MunicipalityZagorje ob Savi
Elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)

Selce (pronounced [ˈseːu̯tsɛ], German: Selze[1]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. It is now part of the village of Tirna.[2] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region.

Selce stands on a hill east of Tirna above the Mošenik Gorge (Slovene: Mošenjska grapa).[2] It is connected to Tirna by a road through the hamlet of Brezovica.

Name

Road sign for Selce

The name Selce is a plural diminutive of the common noun selo 'settlement, village'. It is related to toponyms such as Selo, Sela, and Selca.[3]

History

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