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Velenje Municipality
The Urban Municipality of Velenje (; sl, Mestna občina Velenje) is one of twelve urban unicipalities of Slovenia. It lies in eastern Slovenia and was established in 1994. Its seat is the town of Velenje. The area traditionally belongs to the region of Styria and has been included in the Savinja Statistical Region since 1995. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Velenje, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Arnače * Bevče * Črnova * Hrastovec * Janškovo Selo * Kavče * Laze * Lipje * Lopatnik * Lopatnik pri Velenju * Ložnica * Paka pri Velenju * Paški Kozjak * Pirešica * Plešivec * Podgorje * Podkraj pri Velenju * Prelska * Šenbric * Silova * Škale * Škalske Cirkovce * Šmartinske Cirkovce Šmartinske Cirkovce () is a dispersed settlement in the City Municipality of Velenje, Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the hills above the right bank of the Paka (river), Paka River northeast of Velen ...
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Municipalities Of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts. Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano. In the EU statistics, the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 administrative units ('), which ...
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Lopatnik
Lopatnik () is a small settlement in the hills east of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to .... The entire Municipality of Velenje is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External linksLopatnik on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Škalske Cirkovce
Škalske Cirkovce () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the hills north of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The local church is dedicated to Saint Oswald ( sl, sveti Ožbolt) and belongs to the Parish of Velenje Saint Martin. Parts of the original Romanesque building are preserved in the northern wall of the nave. The sanctuary is Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ... and the remainder of the church dates to a major rebuilding in the late 18th century.Slovenian Minis ...
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Škale
Škale (, german: Skalis) 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. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The local church is dedicated to Saint Joseph and belongs to the Parish of Velenje Saint Martin. Notable people * Josef Krainc Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura, and is the only company in Japan spe ..., Austro-Hungarian lawyer, philosopher and politician of Slovene descent References External links *Škale at Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Silova
Silova () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Ložnica Hills ( sl, Ložničko gričevje) south of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to .... The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External linksSilova on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Šenbric
Šenbric ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. History Šenbric was created as a separate settlement in 1982 by combining parts of the settlements of Hrastovec and Šmartinske Cirkovce. Church The local church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Brice ( sl, sveti Brikcij or ''Bric'') and belongs to the Parish of Velenje–Saint Martin. It is a Late Gothic International Gothic is a period of Gothic art which began in Burgundy, France, and northern Italy in the late 14th and early 15th century. It then spread very widely across Western Europe, hence the name for the period, which was introduced by t ... building that was extensively rebuilt in the 18th century.
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Prelska
Prelska () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to .... The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External linksPrelska on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Podkraj Pri Velenju
Podkraj pri Velenju () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Ložnica Hills ( sl, Ložničko gričevje) southwest of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Podkraj'' to ''Podkraj pri Velenju'' in 1955. Church The local church is dedicated to Saint James Saint James or St. James may refer to: People Saints *James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just *James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater **Saint James Matamoro ... ( sl, sveti Jakob) and belongs to the Parish of Velenje–Saint Mary. It dates to the late 16th century and was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Podgorje, Velenje
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. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to .... The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External linksPodgorje on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Plešivec, Velenje
Plešivec () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mozirje Hills ( sl, Mozirske planine) north of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The local church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Parish of Velenje Saint Martin. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1328. The current building is Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ... from the 17th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
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Pirešica
Pirešica () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to .... The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External linksPirešica on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub ...
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Paški Kozjak
Paški Kozjak (; in older sources also ''Kozjak'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 270. german: Kosjak) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies in the hills east of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name Paški Kozjak was attested in written sources in 1296 as ''Pochsruk'' (and as ''Gosyak'' and ''Kosyak'' in 1403). The full name literally means 'Kozjak near Paka', differentiating the settlement from neighboring Kozjak. The name ''Kozjak'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''koza'' 'goat', but the motivation is unclear; this may refer to goats that grazed in the area, or to the fancied resemblance of the angular mountain ridges to a goat's back. The medieval German transcription ''Pochsruk'' (literally, 'goat ...
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