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General information - Location

Country	Slovenia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.1056,Lat: 46.3534
Elevation	450 meter above sea level
Local time	4:26:53am
Population	25000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Občina)	Velenje
Wiki-website Subregion (Naselje)	Velenje

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Podkraj pri Velenju	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Kavče	0.8 km	South
3 Ložnica	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Arnače	2.3 km	SouthEast
5 Podgorje	2.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	57 km	SouthWest
2 Zagreb	Croatia	91 km	SouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	228 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 124 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sava main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Velenjsko jezero (1.3 km² at a distance of 2.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Golte with a height of 1587 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 28 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 80%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37 km2

47.1%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

38.5%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.3%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velenje in country Slovenia

Velenje at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design	Slovenia	58 km	SouthWest
2 City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Austria	83 km	North
3 Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	115 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ložnica s Trnavo	SI	2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Velenje
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velenje

Type of weather in Velenje	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:14 Europe/Amsterdam