Jeà ¾a () is a formerly independent settlement in the northern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Jeà ¾a is a linear settlement on a terrace above the Sava River east of ÃÂrnuÃÂe and southeast of the railroad to Kamnik. Most of the houses are along the road to Nadgorica, and a few extend onto the bank towards the plain along the Sava. The soil is sandy, and there are fields to the north and south of the settlement.
Jeà ¾a was attested in written sources in 1364 as Jes (and as Yecz in 1436 and Yess in 1478). The name is derived from the Slovene common noun jeà ¾a 'small grassy slope between two flat areas in a valley'. The name therefore refers to the local geography (cf. Jeà ¾ica).
After the Second World War, an asphalt plant was established in Jeà ¾a. A factory producing dissolved acetylene was established in 1967. Jeà ¾a annexed the village of Brod in 1952; Jeà ¾a itself was annexed by the City of Ljubljana in 1979, ending its existence as an independent settlement.