Kneške Ravne () is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a num ...

in the hills north of the Bača Valley in the Municipality of Tolmin in the

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region of

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

. It lies in the southern border area of

Triglav National Park Triglav National Park (TNP; ) is the only national park in Slovenia. It was established in its modern form in 1981 and is located in the northwestern part of the country, respectively the southeastern part of the Alps, Alpine massif. Mount Trigla ...

and is a popular starting point for

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in the southwestern

Julian Alps The Julian Alps (, , , , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is inclu ...

. The settlement has been part of the park since 2010.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Ravne'' to ''Kneške Ravne'' (literally, ' Kneža Ravne') in 1953, distinguishing it from nearby

Tolminske Ravne Tolminske Ravne () is a small settlement high in the hills northeast of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies within the boundaries of Triglav National Park Triglav National Park (TNP; ) is the only national park in Slovenia. It was ...

(literally '

Tolmin Tolmin (; ,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. Statistische ...

Ravne') and similarly named settlements. The name ''Ravne'' is frequent in Slovenia and is adjectival in origin, resulting from

ellipsis The ellipsis (, plural ellipses; from , , ), rendered , alternatively described as suspension points/dots, points/periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot,. According to Toner it is difficult to establish when t ...

of the noun phrase ''ravne njive'' 'flat fields, level fields', referring to the local geography.

References

External links

Kneške Ravne on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin {{Tolmin-geo-stub