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Britof (; ) is a settlement just northeast of the town of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

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Place details

Locality
Britof
Region
Urban Municipality of Kranj
Country
Slovenija
Population
1,908
Timezone
Europe/Ljubljana

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Britof
Settlement.image_skyline
Britof Slovenia.JPG
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Slovenia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Traditional region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Upper Carniola
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Upper Carniola
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kranj
Settlement.area_land_km2
2.07
Settlement.population_as_of
2002
Settlement.population_total
1657
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Slovenia
Population
2124
Elevation
407
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Britof Slovenia.JPG
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Commons category
Britof
female population
1053
male population
1071
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • History
  • Mass grave
  • Church
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Britof (; ) is a settlement just northeast of the town of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

==Name== The settlement was attested in written sources in 1387 as Vreytof (and as Freithoff in 1447). The Slovene common noun britof was borrowed from Middle High German vrîthof, both meaning 'cultivated fenced area'. The denotation of the common noun in both languages later developed from this original meaning to 'churchyard' and then to 'cemetery'. The settlement was known as Freithof in German in the past.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Britof” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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