The Šentvid District (; sl, Četrtna skupnost Šentvid), or simply Šentvid, is a
district
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() of the
City Municipality of Ljubljana
The City Municipality of Ljubljana (), also the City of Ljubljana ( sl, Mestna občina Ljubljana, acronym MOL) is one of twelve city and metropolitan municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Ljubljana, the largest and capital city of Slovenia. , i ...
, 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 ...
. It is named after the former village of
Šentvid.
Geography
The Šentvid District is bounded on the west by a line running through the Polhov Gradec Hills, 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 a line through farmland east of the
A2 Freeway, and on the south by Stegne Street, Jože Jama Street (Ulica Jožeta Jama), Pečnik Street (Pečnikova ulica), Trata Street (''Na Trati''), Zapuže Street (''Zapuška Cesta''), and Kamna Gorica Street (''Kamnogoriška cesta''). The district includes the former settlements of
Brod,
Podgora,
Poljane,
Pržan, Šentvid,
Trata, and
Vižmarje.
References
External links
Official site*
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Districts of Ljubljana