Laze pri Kostelu () is a small settlement in the

Municipality of Kostel The Municipality of Kostel (; sl, Občina Kostel) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Vas. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region ...

in southern

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. It lies in a small valley east of Kuželj. The area is part of the traditional 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 n ...

and is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Laze'' to ''Laze pri Kostelu'' in 1955.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

References

External links

Laze pri Kostelu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kostel {{Kostel-geo-stub