Cerkno

**Cerkno** (, ) is a small Slovenian town that is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Cerkno (). It is an economic and cultural centre of the Cerkno Hills () region.

The municipality of Cerkno was established on 10 March 1994. Its administrative centre is the town of **Cerkno** and is well known for its ski resort.

## Geography

The municipality of Cerkno is in western Slovenia and is part of the Goriška statistical region. The town of Cerkno is at an altitude of ,

The municipality has an area , and a population, in 2017, of 4,602: 2,352 men and 2,250 women. Its population density is of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality of Cerkno is surrounded by the following municipalities: Železniki to the northeast, Gorenja vas-Poljanej to the east, Idrija to the south, Tolmin to the west and northwest.

The main river in the municipality is the Idrijca river. The _Cerknica_ is a small river, tributary of the Idrijca, that flows through the town of Cerkno.

## History

Historically, the Cerkno Hills region was part of the Tolmin County. In the 16th century, the area came under the rule of the House of Habsburg. After the end of World War I, the area was occupied by the Italian Army, and then officially annexed to Italy in 1920.

## Settlements

There are 30 settlements () in the municipality; the main is **Cerkno**, which is the administrative centre of the municipality.

|Code|Settlement|Population <small>(2017)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|014001|Bukovo|176|
|014002|Cerkljanski Vrh|57|
|014003|Cerkno|1493|
|014004|Čeplez|75|
|014005|Dolenji Novaki|208|
|014006|Gorenji Novaki|235|
|014007|Gorje|79|
|014008|Jagršče|23|
|014009|Jazne|112|
|014010|Jesenica|74|
|014011|Labinje|89|
|014012|Lazec|120|
|014013|Orehek|68|
|014014|Otalež|133|
|014015|Planina pri Cerknem|130|

|Code|Settlement|Population <small>(2017)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|014016|Plužnje|110|
|014017|Poče|90|
|014018|Podlanišče|152|
|014019|Podpleče|18|
|014020|Police|21|
|014021|Poljane|70|
|014022|Ravne pri Cerknem|159|
|014023|Reka|76|
|014024|Straža|120|
|014025|Šebrelje|288|
|014026|Trebenče|89|
|014027|Zakojca|47|
|014028|Zakriž|188|
|014029|Laznica|40|
|014030|Travnik|62|

## Tourism

Cerkno is well known for the _Laufarija_ carnival, a festival during spring with carved wooden masks, and also by the _Franja Partisan Hospital_ (), a hospital from World War II, that is to northeast of the town of Cerkno and to the west of Dolenji Novaki.

## Related pages

- Slovenian Littoral
- Goriška Statistical Region

## Other websites

- Official website of the municipality
- Laufarija Society site
- Cerkno Ski Resort site
- Municipality of Cerkno on Geopedia.si

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Cerkno
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **image skyline**: Cerkno hdr2.jpg
- **image caption**: View of the town of Cerkno
- **image map**: Obcine Slovenija 2006 Cerkno.svg
- **map caption**: Map showing, in red, Cerkno
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Traditional regional
- **subdivision name1**: Slovenian Littoral, Littoral
- **subdivision type2**: Statistical regions of Slovenia, Statistical region
- **subdivision name2**: Goriška Statistical Region, Goriška
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Miran Ciglič
- **area total km2**: 131.5
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population total**: 4602
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **timezone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **elevation m**: 355
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 5282
- **blank name**: ISO 3166-2
- **blank info**: SI-014
- **website**: [http://cerkno.si/ Official website]