Municipality o Cerkno

The Municipality o Cerkno (Slovene: Občina Cerkno) is a municipality in the Littoral region o Slovenie. The seat o the municipality is the toun o Cerkno. The municipality haes aroond 5,000 fowk.

Municipality o Cerkno Občina Cerkno
Municipality
Location o the Municipality o Cerkno in Slovenie
Coordinates: 46°8′N 13°58′E
Kintra	Slovenie
Govrenment
• Mayor	Gašper Uršič
Area
• Total	131.6 km2 (50.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	5,040
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.cerkno.si

History

Historically, the Cerkno Hills belangit tae Tolmin Coonty. In the 16t hunderyear, the aurie came unner Habsburg rule, an wis includit in the Coonty o Gorizia an Gradisca. Efter the end o Warld War I, the aurie wis occupee'd bi the Italian Airmy, an then offeecially annexed tae Italy in 1920. Atween 1920 an 1943, it wis pairt o the admeenistrative region kent as the Julian Mairch. Efter the Italian airmistice in September 1943, Cerkno wis leeberatit bi the Yugoslav Pairtisans an the region became ane o the maist important centres o Pairtisan resistance in the Slovene Littoral. In 1945, the aurie came unner Yugoslav militar admeenistration, an in 1947 it wis offeecially annexed tae the Socialist Republic o Slovenie athin the Socialist Federal Republic o Yugoslavie.

Freemit airtins

• Media relatit tae Municipality of Cerkno at Wikimedia Commons
• Cerkno municipal steid (in Slovene)
• Municipality o Cerkno at Geopedia Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine