Žiri
Sign in to saveŽiri (; formerly also Žir, locally Žier, ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Žiri, created in 1994. Prior to this the town belonged administratively to the area of Škofja Loka.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Žiri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: Žiri, Stare Žiri from above, Stara Vas
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Žiri.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Žiri.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- 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
- Žiri
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.87
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2030
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Žiri (; formerly also Žir, locally Žier, ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Žiri, created in 1994. Prior to this the town belonged administratively to the area of Škofja Loka.
==Location== The town of Žiri lies in the extreme southwest part of the Upper Carniola region on the borders with the Inner Carniola and the Littoral regions in the Žiri Basin () at the end of the Poljane Valley (). A number of tributaries join there to become the Poljane Sora ().