The Posavje District ( sl, Četrtna skupnost Posavje; literally, 'Sava Valley District'), or simply Posavje, is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
() of the
City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital 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 ...
.
Geography
The Posavje District is bounded on the west by a line through farmland east of the
A2 Freeway, on the north by the
Sava River
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 t ...
, on the east by Stryia Street (''Štajerska cesta''), and on the south by the H3 Expressway (i.e., the northern section of the
Ljubljana Loop). The district includes the former settlements of
Ježica
Ježica (; german: Jeschza) is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the ...
,
Kleče,
Mala Vas na Posavju,
Savlje
Savlje (; german: Saule) is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 352. It is ...
, and
Stožice.
External links
Posavje District on Geopedia*
Districts of Ljubljana
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