Ostrožno pri Ločah () is a small dispersed settlement in the hills south of
Loče in the
Municipality of Slovenske Konjice
The Municipality of Slovenske Konjice ( or ; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Slovenske Konjice. Slovenske Konjice became a municipality in 1994.
Geogr ...
in eastern
Slovenia
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. It lies on the left bank of the
Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
Together with
Ostrožno pri Ponikvi
Ostrožno pri Ponikvi () is a settlement northeast of Ponikva in the Municipality of Šentjur, eastern Slovenia. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the Savinja Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of th ...
, this constituted a single settlement named ''Ostrožno'' until 1953. Ostrožno was split into two parts in 1953, and the part in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice was renamed ''Ostrožno pri Ločah''.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.]
References
External links
Ostrožno pri Ločah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice
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