Official Name: | Poljane nad Škofjo Loko |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Gorenja Vas–Poljane |
Area Total Km2: | 1.98 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 475 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1209°N 14.1847°W |
Elevation M: | 398.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Poljane nad Škofjo Loko (pronounced as /sl/; de|Pölland[2]) is a settlement in the Poljane Sora Valley in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin and was originally a Gothic building that was pulled down and rebuilt in the 1720s, probably by Matija Maček (c. 1657–1737) from the Poljane Valley.[4] The second, Baroque, structure was blown up by the Partisans in 1944 and finally totally demolished in 1956. When this happened, remnants of the original church were found and some carved pieces of stone from the site are kept in the Škofja Loka museum. The current church was built in 1967 and the belfry was replaced in the 1990s.[5]
Notable people that were born or lived in Poljane include: