Lake Velenje
Lake Velenje is in Urban Municipality of Velenje, Slovenia. Lake Velenje is situated nearby to the suburb Pesje, as well as near Stara vas.Photo: Mihael Simonič, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coal Mining Museum of Slovenia and Velenje Pesje.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Škale and Podgorje.
Škale
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Škale is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies just north of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria.
Podgorje
Village
Podgorje is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the foothills of the Ložnica Hills west of the town of Velenje, above the regional road from Velenje to Šoštanj.
Gaberke
Village
Gaberke is a settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Gaberke is situated 2½ km north of Lake Velenje.
Lake Velenje
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Velenjsko Jezero”
- Category: artificial lake
- Location: Urban Municipality of Velenje, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.37619° or 46° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
15.08892° or 15° 5′ 20″ eastElevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)Open location code
8FRQ93GQ+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 10865594OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Velenje from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Lake Velenje” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Velenjsko Jezero”
- Macedonian: “Велењско Езеро”
- Macedonian: “Езерото Велење”
- Serbian: “Велењско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velenjsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Velenjsko jezero”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pesje and Stara vas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pri Čolnarni, Velenjsko jezero and Mastodontovo igrišče.
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