Municipality o Bloke
The Municipality o Bloke (Slovene: Občina Bloke) is a municipality in Slovenie. Oreeginally a municipality in its awn richt, it wis incorporatit intae the Municipality o Cerknica in 1955 an in wis includit in the Municipality o Loška Dolina in 1995, when it split frae Cerknica. It wis re-established as a unthirlt municipality in 1998.[2]
Municipality o Bloke Občina Bloke | |
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 Loch Bloke | |
 Location o the Municipality o Bloke in Slovenie | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′N 14°29′E / 45.783°N 14.483°ECoordinates: 45°47′N 14°29′E / 45.783°N 14.483°E | |
| Kintra |  Slovenie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jože Doles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,578 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Name
eeditThe Municipality o Bloke is namit efter the karst Bloke Plateau, ower which the majority o its 45 dounsets are scattered. The name Bloke wis first attestit in written sources in 1230 as Oblach (an as Oblukch in 1260, Oblakh in 1360, an Obloc in 1581). These early transcriptions indicate that the name wis oreeginally *Obloke, probably derivit frae the prepositional phrase *ob(ь) lǫky or *ob(ь) lǫkaxъ 'next tae the flood-meadae(s)'. Less likely theories connect the name tae the meanins 'next tae rough terrain' or 'arc, arch'.[3]
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References
eedit- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
- ↑ Bloke municipal site
- ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 65.
Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Municipality of Bloke at Wikimedia Commons- Offeecial steid o the municipality (in Slovene)
- Municipality of Bloke Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine. Maps and information. Geopedia.si
