Kamenica () is a small village northeast of

Krmelj Krmelj () is a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Hinje Creek, a left tributary of the Mirna River. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Lower ...

in the

Municipality of Sevnica The Municipality of Sevnica ( sl, Občina Sevnica) is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is th ...

in central

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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 ...

. The municipality is now included in the

Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava Statistical Region ( sl, Posavska statistična regija; until December 31, 2014 ) is a statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...

. Until 2001, the settlement included the area of now autonomous settlement of

Kamenško Kamenško () is a small village in the Municipality of Sevnica in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on a small rise northeast of Krmelj, east of the road connecting Krmelj and Šentjanž, above and to the north of the villages of Brezje and Kamen ...

St. Margaret's Church

The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

built on a small hill southeast of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret ( sl, sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the Parish of Šentjanž. It was built around 1700 on the site of an earlier building.

References

External links

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Kamenica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica {{Sevnica-geo-stub