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Municipality of Šoštanj

The Municipality of Šoštanj is a municipality in northern . The seat of the municipality is the town of . The municipality was established on 3 October 1994, prior to which it belonged to the larger Municipality of Velenje.
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  • Type: municipality of Slovenia with 8,690 residents
  • Description: municipality of Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Obcina Sostanj”, “Šoštanj”, and “Šoštanj municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kavčnik homestead and Sostanj.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum.

Aerodrome
Šoštanj Airport is a small located in the settlement of , . It lies 2.2 kilometers north of and 6.2 kilometers northwest of .

Railway stop
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway stop, which is situated 4 km southeast of Municipality of Šoštanj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Topolšica and Zavodnje.

Village
Photo: Hasan Basri AKIRMAK, CC BY 2.0.
is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the .

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

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern . It lies in the Mozirje Hills north of the town of . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. is situated 4½ km east of Municipality of Šoštanj.

Municipality of Šoštanj

Latitude
46.4131° or 46° 24′ 47″ north
Longitude
15.0083° or 15° 0′ 30″ east
Population
8,690
Elevation
601 metres (1,972 feet)
Open location code
8FRQC275+68
Geo­Names ID
3239185
Wiki­data ID
Q15923
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Municipality of Šoštanj” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية شوشتاني”
  • Bengali: “সস্তাঞ্জ পৌরসভা”
  • Catalan: “Municipi de Šoštanj”
  • Cebuano: “Občina Šoštanj”
  • Chechen: “Шоштань (община)”
  • Chechen: “Шоштань”
  • Chinese: “Šoštanj Kong-siā”
  • Chinese: “紹什塔尼市鎮”
  • Chinese: “绍什塔尼”
  • Chinese: “绍什塔尼市镇”
  • Croatian: “Općina Šoštanj”
  • Czech: “Občina Šoštanj”
  • Danish: “Šoštanj”
  • Dutch: “Šoštanj”
  • Esperanto: “Občina Šoštanj”
  • Finnish: “Šoštanjin kunta”
  • French: “Šoštanj”
  • German: “Gemeinde Šoštanj”
  • German: “Občina Šoštanj”
  • Greek: “Σοστάντζ”
  • Gujarati: “સોસ્તાંજ મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી”
  • Hindi: “सोस्तांज नगरपालिका”
  • Hungarian: “Šoštanj község”
  • Indonesian: “Kotamadya Šoštanj”
  • Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Šoštanj”
  • Italian: “Šoštanj”
  • Japanese: “Šoštanj”
  • Japanese: “ショーシュタニ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಸ್ತಾನ್ಜ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
  • Korean: “쇼슈탄”
  • Latvian: “Šoštanjas pašvaldība”
  • Lithuanian: “Šoštanio savivaldybė”
  • Lombard: “Šoštanj”
  • Malay: “Sostanj Municipality”
  • Marathi: “सॉस्त्ज म्युन्सिपाल्टी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Šoštanj Kong-siā”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sostanj kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šoštanj kommune”
  • Polish: “Gmina Šoštanj”
  • Portuguese: “Šoštanj”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Šoštanj”
  • Romanian: “Šoštanj”
  • Russian: “Шоштань”
  • Serbian: “Општина Шоштањ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šoštanj”
  • Sinhala: “සොස්ටාන්ජ් නගර සභාව”
  • Slovak: “Šoštanj”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Šoštanj”
  • Spanish: “Šoštanj”
  • Swedish: “Sostanj kommun”
  • Tamil: “சோஸ்டஞ் நகராட்சி”
  • Tatar: “Шоштань (община)”
  • Tatar: “Шоштань”
  • Telugu: “సోస్టాంజ్ పురపాలక సంస్థ”
  • Telugu: “సోస్టాంజ్ మున్సిపాలిటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลโชชตัน”
  • Turkish: “Šoštanj”
  • Ukrainian: “Шоштань”
  • Urdu: “سوستانج میونسپلٹی”
  • Venetian: “Šoštanj”
  • Vietnamese: “Šoštanj”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Šoštanj”

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