Podmelec () is a

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west of

Kneža Kneža () is a village in the Bača Valley in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The Bohinj Railway line runs through the settlement. Name Kneža was attested in written sources in 1377 as ''villa de Chinessa'', a ...

in the Bača Valley in the

Municipality of Tolmin The Municipality of Tolmin (; sl, Občina Tolmin) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its seat and largest settlement is Tolmin. History In ancient times the area was inhabited by the Illyrians and then by the Romans. In the 6th century ...

in the

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region of

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Geography

Podmelec stands on a slope above the right bank of the Bača River. Sopota Falls ( sl, slap Sopota) is located about northwest of the village center on Sopota Creek, a tributary of the Bača River.

Church

Podmelec - cerkev Marijinega Vnebovzetja

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

Koper Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...

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.Koper Diocese list of churches

References

External links

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