Palčje

{{Short description|Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Palčje |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type =  |motto = |image_skyline = Palcje.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Slovenia |pushpin_label_position =top |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Slovenia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|25px]] [[Slovenia]] |subdivision_type1 = Traditional region |subdivision_name1 = [[Inner Carniola]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Statistical regions of Slovenia|Statistical region]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region|Littoral–Inner Carniola]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Slovenia|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Municipality of Pivka|Pivka]] |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =30.58 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of =2002 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =208 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|45|40|33.3|N|14|15|26.25|E|region:SI|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 602.2 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = <ref>[http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia]</ref> }} '''Palčje''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈpaːltʃjɛ|pron}}, in older sources ''Paličje'',<ref name="Leksikon">{{cite book |title=Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko |date=1906 |publisher=C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna |location=Vienna |page=138}}</ref> {{langx|de|Palitschje}}<ref name="Leksikon"/>) is a [[village]] east of [[Pivka]] in the [[Inner Carniola]] region of [[Slovenia]].<ref>[http://www.pivka.si Pivka municipal site]</ref>

==Geography== North of the village lies an [[intermittent lake]] named [[Lake Palčje]]. It is the largest among the Pivka lakes, with an average maximum water area around {{convert|1|km2|sp=us}}.<ref>"[http://www.pivka.si/podrocje.aspx?id=80 Palško jezero] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120908134856/http://www.pivka.si/podrocje.aspx?id=80 |date=2012-09-08 }}". Municipality of Pivka. Accessed 16 Dec. 2009. {{in lang|sl}}</ref> The highest elevations are in the [[Javornik Hills]] in the far eastern part of the settlement's territory, at Kozlovka Peak (''Vrh Kozlovke'', {{convert|1047|m|sp=us|disp = or}}), Mount Kalič ({{convert|1016|m|sp=us|disp = or}}), and Mount Lamovšek ({{convert|1004|m|sp=us|disp = or}}) above the small Prevale Valley.

==Name== Palčje was attested in written sources in 1498 as ''Palitschach''. The medieval transcription indicates that today's name (a neuter singular) is derived from the accusative plural [[demonym]] ''*Paličane'', derived from the common noun ''*palič'', likely meaning 'small lake' ([[cognate]] with [[Lake Palić]], Serbia), a diminutive of the Slavic noun ''palъ'', preserved in the Slovene common noun ''pal'' 'mud' (and cognate with German ''Pfuhl'' 'puddle', English ''pool''). The name thus refers to Lake Palčje north of the settlement.<ref name="Snoj">{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=300}}</ref>

==Church== The local church, built on the central village square, is dedicated to [[Saint Nicholas]] and belongs to the [[Parish]] of [[Trnje, Pivka|Trnje]].<ref>[http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306055057/http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf |date=2009-03-06 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:4032_x1593687.8012956728_y5731674.394878518_s13_b2345 Palčje on Geopedia]

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