Ježa | |
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Coordinates: 46°6′3.2″N 14°32′46.52″E / 46.100889°N 14.5462556°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
Municipality | Ljubljana |
Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
Ježa (pronounced [ˈjeːʒa]) is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. [1] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. [2]
Ježa is a linear settlement on a terrace above the Sava River [3] east of Črnuče and southeast of the railroad to Kamnik. Most of the houses are along the road to Nadgorica, and a few extend onto the bank towards the plain along the Sava. The soil is sandy, and there are fields to the north and south of the settlement. [1]
Ježa was attested in written sources in 1364 as Jes (and as Yecz in 1436 and Yess in 1478). [4] [5] The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ježa 'small grassy slope between two flat areas in a valley'. The name therefore refers to the local geography (cf. Ježica). [5]
After the Second World War, an asphalt plant was established in Ježa. A factory producing dissolved acetylene was established in 1967. [1] Ježa annexed the village of Brod in 1952; Ježa itself was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1979, ending its existence as an independent settlement. [6]