Cerkno - Definition

Občina Cerkno

Area:	131.6 km²
Population  - males  - females	5,040 2,516 2,524
Average age:	39.95 years
Residential areas:  - households:  - families:	30.69 m²/person 1,616 1,360
Working active:  - unemployed:	2,412 101
Average salary (August 2003):  - gross:  - net:	199,952 SIT 134,639 SIT
Students:	217
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Cerkno is a small town and a municipality with the same name in the western part of Slovenia. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkljansko region.

It is known for the Laufarija carnival, a spring festival with carved wooden masks, and for the Franja hospital (Bolnišnica Franja), a partisan hospital from World War II.

External links

• Cerkno (http://www.cerkno.si/), official page of municipality (in Slovene)