Municipality of Železniki

The Municipality of Železniki is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of . The seat of the municipality is the town of . The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Škofja Loka was subdivided into the municipalities of , , Železniki, and .
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
  • Type: municipality of Slovenia with 6,770 residents
  • Description: municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: Občina Železniki”, “Železniki”, and “Železniki Municipality

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ratitovec and Zala.

Peak
is a mountain ridge in the in Slovenia. The highest peak on the ridge is Mount Altemaver. The Krek Lodge stands on the ridge.

Dwelling
Photo: Doremo, CC BY 4.0.
is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of . It no longer has any permanent residents.

Church
is situated 4 km east of Municipality of Železniki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Železniki and Zali Log.

Town
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a small town in . It is the seat of the Municipality of and it is the economic centre and the largest settlement in the Selca Valley. is situated 5 km east of Municipality of Železniki.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of .

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of .

Municipality of Železniki

Latitude
46.2125° or 46° 12′ 45″ north
Longitude
14.1058° or 14° 6′ 21″ east
Population
6,770
Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)
Open location code
8FRP6474+28
Geo­Names ID
3239093
Wiki­data ID
Q15932
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Municipality of Železniki” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جيليزنيكي
  • Bengali: জেলেজনিকি পৌরসভা
  • Cebuano: Občina Železniki
  • Chechen: Железники
  • Chinese: Železniki Kong-siā
  • Chinese: 热莱兹尼基市镇
  • Chinese: 熱萊茲尼基市鎮
  • Croatian: Općina Železniki
  • Czech: Občina Železniki
  • Danish: Železniki Municipality
  • Dutch: Železniki
  • Esperanto: Občina Železniki
  • Finnish: Železnikin kunta
  • French: Železniki
  • German: Gemeinde Železniki
  • German: Občina Železniki
  • German: Zelezniki
  • German: Železniki
  • Greek: Ζελεζνίκι
  • Gujarati: ઝેલેઝ્નિકી મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી
  • Hindi: ज़ेलेज़निकी नगर पालिका
  • Hungarian: Železniki község
  • Indonesian: Kotamadya Železniki
  • Indonesian: Munisipalitas Železniki
  • Italian: Comune di Železniki
  • Italian: Eisnern
  • Italian: Železniki
  • Japanese: Železniki
  • Japanese: ジェレズニキ
  • Kannada: Železniki ಪುರಸಭೆ
  • Korean: 젤레즈니키
  • Latvian: Železniku pašvaldība
  • Lithuanian: Železnikai
  • Lombard: Železniki
  • Macedonian: Општина Железники
  • Malay: Municipality of Zelezniki
  • Marathi: झेलेझनिकी म्युन्सिपाल्टी
  • Min Nan Chinese: Železniki Kong-siā
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zelezniki Kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Železniki kommune
  • Persian: ژلزنیکی
  • Polish: Gmina Železniki
  • Portuguese: Železniki
  • Romanian: Comuna Železniki
  • Romanian: Železniki
  • Russian: Железники
  • Russian: Железници
  • Serbian: Општина Железники
  • Serbo-Croatian: Železniki
  • Sinhala: සෙලෙස්නිකි නගර සභාව
  • Slovak: Železniki
  • Slovenian: Občina Železniki
  • Spanish: Železniki
  • Swedish: Zelezniki
  • Tamil: ஸியேஸ்னிக்கி நகராட்சி
  • Tatar: Железники
  • Telugu: జెలెజ్నికి పురపాలక సంస్థ
  • Telugu: జెలెజ్నికి మున్సిపాలిటీ
  • Thai: เทศบาลแฌเลซนิกี
  • Turkish: Železniki
  • Ukrainian: Железники
  • Urdu: زیلیزنیکی میونسپلٹی
  • Venetian: Železniki
  • Vietnamese: Železniki
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Železniki

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