Lepence () is a settlement on the left bank of the
Sava Bohinjka River in the
Municipality of Bohinj
The Municipality of Bohinj ( sl, Občina Bohinj) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Bohinjska Bistrica. The municipality had 5,222 inhabitants in 2002.
Settlements
In addition to t ...
in the
Upper Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Lepence-Log'' to ''Lepence'' in 1953.
History
The neighboring village of
Log v Bohinju was part of Lepence until 1997, when it was made a village in its own right.
References
External links
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Lepence on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bohinj
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