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Cerkno

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.