Cerkno

Cerkno (Italian: Circhina, German: Kirchheim) is a small Slovenian town that is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Cerkno (Slovene: Občina Cerkno). It is an economic and cultural centre of the Cerkno Hills (Slovene: Cerkljansko) region.

Cerkno
Municipality
View of the town of Cerkno
Map showing, in red, Cerkno
Coordinates: 46°7′41.81″N 13°59′29.5″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional regional	Littoral
Statistical region	Goriška
Government
• Mayor	Miran Ciglič
Area [1]
• Total	131.5 km2 (50.8 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	355 m (1,165 ft)
Population  (2017)[3]
• Total	4,602
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5282
ISO 3166-2	SI-014
Website	Official website

The municipality of Cerkno was established on 10 March 1994.^[4] Its administrative centre is the town of Cerkno and is well known for its ski resort.

Geography

The municipality of Cerkno is in western Slovenia and is part of the Goriška statistical region. The town of Cerkno is at an altitude of 355 m (1,165 ft),^[2]

The municipality has an area 131.5 km² (50.8 sq mi),^[1] and a population, in 2017, of 4,602: 2,352 men and 2,250 women.^[3] Its population density is of 35.0 inhabitants/km².

The municipality of Cerkno is surrounded by the following municipalities: Železniki to the northeast, Gorenja vas-Poljanej to the east, Idrija to the south, Tolmin to the west and northwest.^[5]

The main river in the municipality is the Idrijca river. The Cerknica is a small river, tributary of the Idrijca, that flows through the town of Cerkno.

History

Historically, the Cerkno Hills region was part of the Tolmin County. In the 16th century, the area came under the rule of the House of Habsburg. After the end of World War I, the area was occupied by the Italian Army, and then officially annexed to Italy in 1920.

Saint Anne's Church

Settlements

There are 30 settlements (Slovene: Naselja) in the municipality; the main is Cerkno, which is the administrative centre of the municipality.

Code Settlement Population (2017) 014001 Bukovo 176 014002 Cerkljanski Vrh 57 014003 Cerkno 1493 014004 Čeplez 75 014005 Dolenji Novaki 208 014006 Gorenji Novaki 235 014007 Gorje 79 014008 Jagršče 23 014009 Jazne 112 014010 Jesenica 74 014011 Labinje 89 014012 Lazec 120 014013 Orehek 68 014014 Otalež 133 014015 Planina pri Cerknem 130

Code Settlement Population (2017) 014016 Plužnje 110 014017 Poče 90 014018 Podlanišče 152 014019 Podpleče 18 014020 Police 21 014021 Poljane 70 014022 Ravne pri Cerknem 159 014023 Reka 76 014024 Straža 120 014025 Šebrelje 288 014026 Trebenče 89 014027 Zakojca 47 014028 Zakriž 188 014029 Laznica 40 014030 Travnik 62

Tourism

Cerkno is well known for the Laufarija carnival, a festival during spring with carved wooden masks, and also by the Franja Partisan Hospital (Slovene: Partizanska bolnica Franja), a hospital from World War II, that is to northeast of the town of Cerkno and to the west of Dolenji Novaki.

Related pages

• Slovenian Littoral
• Goriška Statistical Region