Porezen (pronounced [ˈpoːɾɛzən]; in older sources also Porzen[2]) is a dispersed settlement on the northern slopes of a hill also named Porezen above the Bača Valley in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]
Porezen | |
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  Porezen Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°11′6.23″N 13°56′34.16″E / 46.1850639°N 13.9428222°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Slovenian Littoral |
| Statistical region | Gorizia |
| Municipality | Tolmin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 870.7 m (2,856.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 8 |
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Name edit
Porezen was attested in historical sources as Poworsona in 1523, Possenikh in 1560, Potporsna in 1591, and Podporsnam in 1633. The name is reconstructed with the prefix pod 'below' as *Podvrěsьno, referring to a location below a peak called *Vrěsni vrh or *Vresnik—referring to the treeless peak southeast of the village now also called Porezen (elevation: 1,630 meters or 5,350 feet), which was covered in heather (Slovene: vresje).[4][5]
References edit
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 27.
- ^ Tolmin municipal site
- ^ Torkar, Silvo (2003). "K nastanku in pomenu nekaterih zemljepisnih imen v Baški dolini" [On the Origin and Meaning of Several Toponyms in the Bača Valley]. Slavistična revija. 51 (4): 429–442. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 323.
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