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Velenje
Urban Municipality of Velenje · Slovenia
City population
24,327
#7
in Slovenia
#21,603
worldwide
46.357, 15.113 · 58 km from Ljubljana
About Velenje
Velenje is a city in Urban Municipality of Velenje, Slovenia with a population of 24,327. It is the 7th largest of the 9 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Slovenia, and the 21,603rd largest worldwide. It lies 58 km from Ljubljana.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Urban Municipality of Velenje
Elevation
428 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Ljubljana
Coordinates
46.357, 15.113
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 9 in SloveniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.