Dolenja Vas pri Mirni Peči () is a small

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Mirna Peč The Municipality of Mirna Peč (; sl, Občina Mirna Peč) is a municipality in southeast Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The seat of the municipality, which was established in 1998, is Mirna Peč. With an estimated ...

in southeastern

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. The area is part of the historical region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

and is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Dolenja vas'' to ''Dolenja vas pri Mirni Peči'' in 1953.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dolenja Vas pri Mirni Peči include: * Alojzij Progar (1857–1918), sculptor

References

External links

Dolenja Vas pri Mirni Peči on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Mirna Peč {{MirnaPec-geo-stub