Polica () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Naklo The Municipality of Naklo (; sl, Občina Naklo) is one of the municipalities in northwestern Slovenia. Its seat is Naklo. The municipality, established in 1994, lies at an elevation of and has 5,020 residents. It has an area of . Geography The ...

in the Upper Carniola region of

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 ...

Name

The name ''Polica'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''polica'' 'terraced earth between two embankments', thus referring to the local geography. The flat terrain of the village rises sharply on the northeast side of the settlement, toward the

Udin Woods The Udin Woods ( sl, Udin boršt, in older sources ''Udnjiboršt'', german: Herzogsforst) is one of the oldest glacial terraces in the Ljubljana Basin. It is a contiguous wooded area clearly delineated from its surroundings. The woods is dominated ...

, and it drops sharply to the southwest, toward the Dobrava Forest above the

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally th ...

River.

References

External links

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Polica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Naklo {{NakloSI-geo-stub