Socka

Socka (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the road north of Nova Cerkev towards Vitanje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.

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Place details

Locality: Lipa pri Frankolovem
Region: Municipality of Vojnik
Country: Slovenija
Population: 388

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Socka
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: Styria
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Savinja
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vojnik
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.52
Settlement.population_as_of: 2002
Settlement.population_total: 363
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions

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Wikidata facts

Population: 378
Area: 2.52
Elevation: 332.4
Image: Štala (hlev), Socka 1963.jpg

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Commons category: Socka
female population: 177
male population: 201

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==Name== Socka was attested in written sources in 1173 as Ainoht (and as Aynat in 1403–04 and Ainedt in 1441). The Slovene name Socka is derived through vowel reduction from *Sǫtěska, literally 'gorge'. The settlement was named for the Socka Gorge on the Hudinja River between Zavrh Hill (907 m) and Kozjek Hill (748 m) north of the settlement. The name of the gorge is also a reduced form derived from the common noun *sǫtěska 'gorge'. The settlement was known as Einödt in German.