Otalež () is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in the
Cerkno Hills
The Cerkno Hills ( sl, Cerkljansko hribovje or ) is a transitional region between the Alpine and the Dinaric landscape, centered on Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. Several passes in this area connect the Poljane Valley and the Selca Valley with ...
above the right bank of the
Idrijca River in the
Municipality of Cerkno
The Municipality of Cerkno ( sl, Občina Cerkno) is a municipality in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia.
The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerkno. The municipality has around 5,000 people.
History
Historically, the Ce ...
in the traditional
Littoral
The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal a ...
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 ...
.
The
parish church
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in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Catherine and belongs to the
Koper Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
.
Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
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Otalež on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerkno
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