Velenje | |
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Town | |
Velenje from air St. Andrew's church and castle ruins Villa Herberstein Villa Bianca Fischer's tomb | |
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  Velenje Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°21′45″N 15°06′52″E / 46.36250°N 15.11444°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Velenje |
| Settled | 1889 |
| Town privileges | 1951 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 24,327 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| Vehicle registration | CE |
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Velenje (pronounced [ʋɛˈlɛːnjɛ] ; German: Wöllan[2]) is the sixth-largest city of Slovenia, and the seat of the Municipality of Velenje. The city is located in the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (northeastern Slovenia), among the rolling green hills of the Šalek Valley, with the Kamnik–Savinja Alps to the west and the Pohorje Mountains to the east.
- ^ a b "Naselje Velenje". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.