Urban Municipality of Kranj

The Urban Municipality of Kranj is one of twelve urban municipalities of Slovenia. It lies in northwestern Slovenia and was established in 1994. Its seat is the town of .
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  • Type: city municipality of Slovenia with 55,000 residents
  • Description: city municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: “City Municipality of Kranj”, “Kranj City Municipality”, and “Opština Kranj”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Khislstein and Kranj railway station.

Castle
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Kieselstein Castle, also known as Khislstein, is a 13th-century castle in the city of , in the Upper Carniola region of . The castle stands at what was once a defensible point, guarding the city pier and crossing over the river , and was predated on the site by a round 11th-century keep.

Railway station
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is the railway station in , the third largest municipality and fourth largest city in . The station is located on the railway line between , the capital city of , and , .

Manor estate
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The is a manor in , a neighborhood of the town of in northwestern Slovenia. It was built or owned in the 16th century by the Schrott family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kranj and Britof.

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is the fourth-largest city in and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and the Slovene . It is located approximately 20 kilometres northwest of the national capital , acting as the seat of the City Municipality of .

Village
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is a settlement just northeast of the town of in the Upper Carniola region of .

Village
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is the largest town and the seat of the in . In addition to the main settlement, formerly known as Veliko , it includes the hamlets of Malo , Pivka, and Podreber. is situated 4½ km northwest of Urban Municipality of Kranj.

Urban Municipality of Kranj

Latitude
46.2469° or 46° 14′ 49″ north
Longitude
14.3565° or 14° 21′ 23″ east
Population
55,000
Elevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)
Open location code
8FRP69W4+QH
Geo­Names ID
3197377
Wiki­data ID
Q3441893
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Urban Municipality of Kranj” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية كراني ستي”
  • Armenian: “Կրան”
  • Belarusian: “гарадзкая грамада Крань”
  • Belarusian: “Крань (гарадзкая грамада)”
  • Belarusian: “Крань (меская грамада)”
  • Belarusian: “Крань”
  • Belarusian: “меская грамада Крань”
  • Bengali: “ক্রাঞ্জ শহর পৌরসভা”
  • Cebuano: “Kranj”
  • Chinese: “Kranj To͘-hōe Kong-siā”
  • Chinese: “克拉尼城市市鎮”
  • Chinese: “克拉尼城市市镇”
  • Croatian: “Gradska općina Kranj”
  • Croatian: “Općina Kranj”
  • Czech: “Městská občina Kranj”
  • Danish: “Kranj City Municipality”
  • Dutch: “Kranj”
  • Esperanto: “Kranj”
  • Esperanto: “Kranjo”
  • Esperanto: “Urba municipo Kranj”
  • Finnish: “Kranj Cityn kunta”
  • French: “Kranj”
  • German: “Stadtgemeinde Kranj”
  • Greek: “Κραν”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રંજ શહેર મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી”
  • Hindi: “क्रंज शहर नगरपालिका”
  • Hungarian: “Kranj városi község”
  • Hungarian: “Mestna občina Kranj”
  • Inari Sami: “Kranj (kaavpugkieldâ)”
  • Inari Sami: “Kranj”
  • Indonesian: “Kotamadya Kranj City”
  • Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Kranj”
  • Italian: “Comune di Kranj”
  • Italian: “Mestna občina Kranj”
  • Japanese: “クラーニ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಾಂಜ್ ನಗರ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
  • Korean: “크란 도시 지방 자치제”
  • Latin: “Municipium urbanum Carnioburgi”
  • Latvian: “Kraņas pilsētas pašvaldība”
  • Lithuanian: “Krandž Sičio savivaldybė”
  • Lombard: “Kranj (comun)”
  • Lombard: “Kranj”
  • Macedonian: “Градска општина Крањ”
  • Malay: “Kranj City Municipality”
  • Marathi: “करंज सिटी म्युन्सिपाल्टी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kranj To͘-hōe Kong-siā”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kranj City kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kranj kommune”
  • Persian: “شهرداری شهر کرنج”
  • Polish: “Gmina miejska Kranj”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Municipal de Kranj”
  • Romanian: “Comuna urbană Kranj”
  • Russian: “Крань”
  • Scots: “Ceety Municipality o Kranj”
  • Serbian: “Општина Крањ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kranj”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රන්ජ් සිටි නගර සභාව”
  • Slovenian: “Mestna občina Kranj”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Kranj”
  • Spanish: “Municipalidad Ciudad de Kranj”
  • Swedish: “Kranj City kommun”
  • Tamil: “க்ராஞ் நகரம் நகராட்சி”
  • Telugu: “క్రంజ్ సిటీ పురపాలక సంస్థ”
  • Telugu: “క్రంజ్ సిటీ మున్సిపాలిటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลนครคราน”
  • Turkish: “Kranj”
  • Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Крань”
  • Urdu: “کرانج شہر میونسپلٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Kranj Munitsipaliteti”
  • Venetian: “Kranj (comun)”
  • Venetian: “Kranj”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô thị tự trị Kranj”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Kranj City”

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