The City Municipality of Velenje (; sl, Mestna občina Velenje) is one of twelve city municipalities of Slovenia. It lies in eastern Slovenia and was established in 1994. Its seat is the town of

Velenje Velenje (; german: Wöllan''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is Slovenia's sixth-largest city, and the seat of the Municipality ...

. The area traditionally belongs to the region of Styria and has been included in the

Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...

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 The Ložnica () is a river in Slovenia, a left tributary of the Savinja in Celje ) , pushpin_map = Slovenia , pushpin_label_position = left , pushpin_map_caption = Location of the city of Celje in Slov ...

* Paka pri Velenju * Paški Kozjak * Pirešica * Plešivec * Podgorje * Podkraj pri Velenju * Prelska * Šenbric * Silova * Škale * Škalske Cirkovce * Šmartinske Cirkovce * Vinska Gora

References

External links

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Official siteCity Municipality of Velenje at Geopedia.si
(map, aerial photograph)

1994 establishments in Slovenia {{Slovenia-geo-stub