Hrastje pri Mirni Peči () is a small settlement 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
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Hrastje'' to ''Hrastje pri Mirni Peči'' (literally, 'Hrastje near Mirna Peč') in 1953. The name ''Hrastje'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''hrast'' 'oak', referring to the local vegetation.
References
External links
Hrastje pri Mirni Peči on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Mirna Peč
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