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Velenje

Velenje

Velenje is the sixth-largest city of , and the seat of the Municipality of Velenje. Velenje was owned by the Habsburgs for several centuries, which is reflected in the exceptionally rich legacy of castles and manors.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Red Hall and St. Martin’s Parish Church.

Sports venue
is a sports facility arena in Velenje, Slovenia. It is the home arena of handball club Gorenje Velenje. The venue can accommodate 2,500 spectators.

Church
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC0.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kavče and Arnače.

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the .

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the Municipality of Velenje in northern . It lies in the Ložnica Hills south of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the .

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the .

Velenje

Latitude
46.35929° or 46° 21′ 33″ north
Longitude
15.11503° or 15° 6′ 54″ east
Population
25,800
Elevation
428 metres (1,404 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SI VEL
Open location code
8FRQ9458+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 56758589
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3189075
Wiki­data ID
Q15928
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Velenje” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Velenje”
  • Arabic: “فيلينيه”
  • Armenian: “Վելենիե”
  • Asturian: “Velenje”
  • Azerbaijani: “Velenye”
  • Basque: “Velenje”
  • Belarusian: “Вяленье”
  • Bengali: “ভেলেনি”
  • Bosnian: “Velenje”
  • Bulgarian: “Велене”
  • Catalan: “Velenje”
  • Cebuano: “Velenje”
  • Chechen: “Велене”
  • Chinese: “韋萊涅”
  • Chinese: “韦莱涅”
  • Croatian: “Velenje”
  • Czech: “Velenje”
  • Danish: “Velenje”
  • Dutch: “Velenje”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيلينيه”
  • Esperanto: “Velenje”
  • Estonian: “Velenje”
  • Finnish: “Velenje”
  • French: “Velenje”
  • Friulian: “Velenje”
  • Georgian: “ველენიე”
  • German: “SI-133”
  • German: “Titovo Velenje”
  • German: “Velenje”
  • German: “Wöllan”
  • Greek: “Βελένιε”
  • Greek: “Βέλενιε”
  • Gujarati: “વેલેંજે”
  • Hindi: “वेलेंजे”
  • Hungarian: “Velenje”
  • Indonesian: “Velenje”
  • Italian: “Velenje”
  • Japanese: “ヴェレニエ”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಲೆಂಜೆ”
  • Korean: “벨레네”
  • Korean: “벨레녜”
  • Latvian: “Velenje”
  • Lithuanian: “Velenė”
  • Macedonian: “Велење”
  • Malay: “Velenje”
  • Marathi: “वेलेंजे”
  • Moksha: “Вэлэнье”
  • Northern Frisian: “Velenje”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Velenje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velenje”
  • Norwegian: “Velenje”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Velenje”
  • Ossetian: “Веленье”
  • Persian: “ولنیه”
  • Polish: “Velenje”
  • Portuguese: “Velenje”
  • Romanian: “Velenje”
  • Russian: “Веленье”
  • Scots: “Velenje”
  • Serbian: “Велење”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velenje”
  • Sinhala: “වෙලෙන්ජේ”
  • Slovak: “Velenje”
  • Slovenian: “Mestna občina Velenje”
  • Slovenian: “Velenje”
  • Spanish: “Velenje”
  • Swedish: “Velenje”
  • Tamil: “வேலஞ்சே”
  • Tatar: “Велене”
  • Telugu: “వెలెంజి”
  • Thai: “แวแลนิแย”
  • Turkish: “Velenje”
  • Ukrainian: “Веленє”
  • Urdu: “ویلینجی”
  • Vietnamese: “Velenje”
  • Volapük: “Velenje”
  • Welsh: “SI-133”
  • Welsh: “Titiovo Velenje”
  • Welsh: “Velenje”
  • Welsh: “Wöllan”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلینیو”

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