Komenda

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Komenda


image_shield = Wappen Komenda si.png

map_caption = Municipal location in Slovenia
pushpin_

pushpin_map_caption = Location of Komenda in Slovenia
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Slovenia
established_title = First mention
established_date = 1147
leader_title = Mayor and governor
leader_name = Tomaž Drolec
area_total_km2 = 24.0
population_total = 4901
population_as_of = 2005
population_footnotes = [cite web |url=http://www.komenda.si/si/?L=11
title = Statistics of Komenda
publisher = Municipality of Komenda |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-31]
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 46 | latm = 12 | lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 14 | longm = 32 |longs = 21 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 347
area_code = 01
website = [http://www.komenda.si www.komenda.si]
footnotes =

Komenda is a municipality in Upper Carniola, "circa" 6 km North of Kamnik. The town has 4,451 residents.

The Municipality of Komenda consists 14 towns:

Komenda,
Moste,
Suhadole,
Žeje,
Klanec,
Gmajnica,
Potok,
Breg,
Gora,
Nasovče,
Mlaka,
Komendska Dobrava,
Podboršt and
Križ.

Notable citizens

* Peter Jakob baron Testaferatta (1673-1763) - Maltese knight commandator
* Peter Pavel Glavar (1721-1784) - agriculture and beekeeping innovator
* Ivan Selan (1902-1981) - cartographer
* France Pibernik (born 1928) - poet and writer
* Ivan Sivec (born 1949) - writer and journalist

See List of Slovenes.

Twin towns

*flagicon|Slovenia Križevci, Slovenia

External links

* [http://www.komenda.si/ Komenda] , official page of municipality (in Slovene)