Municipality of Žalec

The Municipality of Žalec is a municipality in in the traditional region of Styria. The seat of the municipality is the town of . The municipality was established in its current form on 7 August 1998, when the former larger municipality of Žalec was divided into six smaller municipalities.
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  • Type: municipality of Slovenia with 21,500 residents
  • Description: municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: Obcina Zalec”, “Opština Žalec”, and “Žalec municipality

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of the Visitation, Petrovče and Žalec railway station.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Žalec and Petrovče.

Town
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is a town in central . It is the seat of the Municipality of . It lies in the valley of the lower course of the River west of .

Village
is a on the left bank of the in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the .

Village
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is a settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central . The A1 motorway crosses the territory of the settlement north of the village core.

Municipality of Žalec

Latitude
46.2551° or 46° 15′ 18″ north
Longitude
15.1727° or 15° 10′ 22″ east
Population
21,500
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Open location code
8FRQ754F+23
Geo­Names ID
3186843
Wiki­data ID
Q15931
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Municipality of Žalec” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جاليتس
  • Bengali: জালেক পৌরসভা
  • Bosnian: Žalec
  • Bulgarian: Жалец
  • Catalan: Žalec
  • Cebuano: Občina Žalec
  • Chechen: Жалець (община)
  • Chechen: Жалець
  • Chinese: Žalec Kong-siā
  • Chinese: 扎莱茨
  • Chinese: 扎莱茨市镇
  • Chinese: 扎萊茨市鎮
  • Croatian: Općina Žalec
  • Czech: Občina Žalec
  • Czech: Žalec
  • Danish: Žalec Municipality
  • Dutch: Žalec
  • Esperanto: Občina Žalec
  • Finnish: Žalecin kunta
  • French: Žalec
  • German: Gemeinde Žalec
  • German: Sachsenfeld
  • Greek: Ζάλεκ
  • Gujarati: ઝાલેક મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી
  • Hindi: ज़ेलेक नगर पालिका
  • Hungarian: Žalec község
  • Indonesian: Kotamadya Žalec
  • Indonesian: Munisipalitas Žalec
  • Italian: Žalec
  • Japanese: ジャレツ
  • Kannada: ಲ್ಲೇಕ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ
  • Korean: 잘레츠
  • Latvian: Žalecas pašvaldība
  • Lithuanian: Žaleco savivaldybė
  • Malay: Zalec Municipality
  • Marathi: झालेच म्युन्सिपाल्टी
  • Min Nan Chinese: Žalec Kong-siā
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zalec kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Žalec kommune
  • Occitan (post 1500): Žalec
  • Persian: ژالتس
  • Polish: Gmina Žalec
  • Portuguese: Žalec
  • Romanian: Comuna Žalec
  • Romanian: Žalec
  • Russian: Жалец
  • Serbian: Општина Жалец
  • Serbo-Croatian: Žalec
  • Sinhala: සලෙක් නගර සභාව
  • Slovak: Žalec
  • Slovenian: Občina Žalec
  • Spanish: Municipio de Žalec
  • Spanish: Žalec
  • Swedish: Zalec kommun
  • Tamil: சாலெக் நகராட்சி
  • Tatar: Жалець (община)
  • Tatar: Жалець
  • Telugu: జాలెక్ పురపాలక సంస్థ
  • Telugu: జాలెక్ మున్సిపాలిటీ
  • Thai: เทศบาลฌาเลิตส์
  • Turkish: Žalec
  • Ukrainian: Громада Жалець
  • Ukrainian: Жалець (община)
  • Ukrainian: Жалець
  • Urdu: زالیک میونسپلٹی
  • Vietnamese: Žalec
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Žalec

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