Vidrga (; in older sources also ''Viderga'') is a small settlement in the

Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi The Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi (; sl, Občina Zagorje ob Savi) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The entire munic ...

in 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 ...

. It lies north of

Vače Vače (; german: Waatsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The a ...

on the main road from Moravče to

Izlake Izlake (; german: Islak''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 94.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in the Central Sav ...

. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Central Sava Statistical Region The Central Sava Statistical RegionBoršič, Darja, & Alenka Kavkler. 2009. Modeling Unemployment Duration in Slovenia Using Cox Regression Models. ''Transition Studies Review'' 54(1): 145–156, p. 148. ( sl, Zasavska statistična regija) is a s ...

Name

The name ''Vidrga'' is believed to be derived from a pre-Slavic hydronym etymologically related to '' Idrija'' with a

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''-v''.

History

Vidrga was a hamlet of Kandrše until 1998, when it was separated from it and made a separate village.Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Vidrga, Zagorje ob Savi
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* Populated places in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi {{ZagorjeobSavi-geo-stub