Central Europe
Slovenia
Municipality of Žalec

Žalec

Žalec is a town in central . It is the seat of the . It lies in the valley of the lower course of the River west of .
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  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: city in Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Zalec”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicholas’s Church and Žalec railway station.

Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Francsolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gotovlje and Vrbje.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a settlement in the in east-central . The A1 motorway crosses the territory of the settlement north of the village core.

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in the in east-central . It lies south of Žalec on the left bank of the . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a settlement north of Žalec in east-central . The A1 motorway crosses the territory of the settlement north of the village.

Žalec

Latitude
46.25178° or 46° 15′ 6″ north
Longitude
15.16321° or 15° 9′ 48″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SI ZAL
Open location code
8FRQ7527+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 279372024
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3186844
Wiki­data ID
Q631387
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Žalec” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جاليتس”
  • Asturian: “Žalec”
  • Belarusian: “Жалец”
  • Bosnian: “Žalec”
  • Bulgarian: “Жалец”
  • Catalan: “Žalec”
  • Cebuano: “Žalec”
  • Chechen: “Жалець”
  • Chinese: “扎莱茨”
  • Chinese: “扎萊茨”
  • Croatian: “Žalec”
  • Czech: “Žalec”
  • Dutch: “Žalec”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاليتس”
  • Esperanto: “Žalec”
  • Finnish: “Žalec”
  • French: “Žalec”
  • German: “Sachsenfeld”
  • German: “Žalec”
  • Hungarian: “Žalec”
  • Italian: “Sachsenfeld”
  • Italian: “Žalec”
  • Japanese: “Žalec”
  • Japanese: “ジャレツ”
  • Korean: “잘레츠”
  • Lombard: “Žalec”
  • Macedonian: “Жалец”
  • Moksha: “Жалэц”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Žalec”
  • Persian: “ژالتس”
  • Polish: “Žalec”
  • Portuguese: “Žalec”
  • Romanian: “Žalec”
  • Russian: “Жалец”
  • Serbian: “Žalec”
  • Serbian: “Жалец”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Žalec”
  • Slovak: “Žalec”
  • Slovenian: “Mestno jedro”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Žalec”
  • Slovenian: “Žalec”
  • Spanish: “Žalec”
  • Tatar: “Жалетс”
  • Tatar: “Жалець”
  • Thai: “ฌาเลิตส์”
  • Ukrainian: “Жалець”
  • Venetian: “Žalec”
  • Vietnamese: “Žalec”

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