Like the village of Lopata in the Municipality of Žužemberk, the name of this village is derived from the common noun lopata (now 'shovel' but originally 'flat part/area'), referring to the level terrain of the village surrounded by hills.[3]
lopata, other, uses, disambiguation, pronounced, lɔˈpaːta, settlement, city, municipality, celje, eastern, slovenia, lies, northwestern, outskirts, celje, area, part, traditional, region, styria, included, with, rest, municipality, savinja, statistical, region. For other uses see Lopata disambiguation Lopata pronounced lɔˈpaːta is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia It lies on the northwestern outskirts of Celje The area is part of the traditional region of Styria It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region 2 LopataLopataLocation in SloveniaCoordinates 46 15 49 78 N 15 14 7 17 E 46 2638278 N 15 2353250 E 46 2638278 15 2353250CountrySloveniaTraditional regionStyriaStatistical regionSavinjaMunicipalityCeljeArea Total1 72 km2 0 66 sq mi Elevation253 9 m 833 0 ft Population 2020 Total704 Density410 km2 1 100 sq mi 1 Name editLike the village of Lopata in the Municipality of Zuzemberk the name of this village is derived from the common noun lopata now shovel but originally flat part area referring to the level terrain of the village surrounded by hills 3 References edit Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Celje municipal site Snoj Marko 2009 Etimoloski slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen Ljubljana Modrijan p 245 External links editLopata on Geopedia nbsp This article about the Municipality of Celje in Slovenia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lopata amp oldid 1123432632, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
