Svinjsko () is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in the hills west of Šentjanž 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 east-central

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 ...

. 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 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 ...

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Name

The settlement was attested in written sources in 1136 as ''Swinge'' (and as ''Swinak'' in 1436, ''Swinakch'' in 1444, and ''Sweinsdorf'' in 1480, among other names). The name ''Svinje'' is believed to derive from the Slovene common noun ''svinja'' 'pig', referring to the fact that pigs were raised in the settlement. See also ''

Sinja Gorica Sinja Gorica (; german: Schweinbüchl''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 68. or Schweinsbüchel, later ''Scheinbüchel'') is a settlement immediately northwest of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Sloveni ...

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Svino Svino () is a small village near Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The church in the village is dedicated to Saint Andrew. It is a small Gothic building with a star vaulted sanctuary. Name Svino was first attested in written sources i ...

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Vinje pri Moravčah Vinje pri Moravčah (; german: Swine) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Moravče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slov ...

'' (formerly ''Svine''), and ''

Zavino Zavino () is a small village in the hills south of the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Name Zavino was first attested in written sources in 1763–87 as ''Svina''. The name is derived from ''*S ...

'' for similar names.

References

External links

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