Bled | |
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Town | |
      From top, left to right: Bled from above, Bled Island, Bled Castle, Zlatorog Villa, St. Martin's Church, Town from Bled Castle | |
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  Bled Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′7.69″N 14°6′50.31″E / 46.3688028°N 14.1139750°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional Region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Bled |
| Elevation | 507.7 m (1,665.7 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 8,171 |
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Bled (pronounced [ˈbleːt] ; German: Veldes,[2] in older sources also Feldes)[3] is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is one of Slovenia's most visited tourist destinations. The town is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled.
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146.
- ^ de Luca, Ignaz. 1790. Geographisches Handbuch von dem östreichischen Staate, vol 2. Vienna: Johann Paul Krauß, p. 137.