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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
Coordinates
46.357, 15.113
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.