Velenje

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Velenje is a modern industrial town in northern Slovenia known for its coal mining heritage, large lakeside recreational area, and one of the largest Tito statues in the world.

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Velenje canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
coordinateLocation 46.359°N 15.110°E
country Slovenia
developedSignificantlyDuring socialist Yugoslavia period
elevationAboveSeaLevel 396 m
foundedAsTown 20th century
hasCharacteristic one of the largest Tito statues in the world
hasCityStatus modern industrial town
hasCulturalInstitution Velenje Cultural Center
Velenje Museum
hasFeature Velenje Lake
artificial lakes
lakeside recreational area
Velenje Lake
surface form: Škale Lake

Velenje Lake
surface form: Šoštanj Lake
hasHeritage coal mining heritage
hasIndustrialCompany Gorenje
hasIndustry coal mining
household appliances
manufacturing
hasMonument Statue of Josip Broz Tito
surface form: statue of Josip Broz Tito
hasNearbyAirport Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport
hasPopulation approximately 25,000
hasSportsClub NK Rudar Velenje
RK Gorenje Velenje
hasSportsFacility Velenje sports hall
hasTwinTown Banja Luka
Esslingen am Neckar
Koprivnica
Pljevlja
Valjevo
Velenje, Macedonia (historical partnership)
isPartOf Slovenian coal mining region
locatedIn Slovenian pre-Alpine region
surface form: northern Slovenia
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Municipality of Velenje
locatedInHistoricalRegion Styria
locatedInRegion Savinjska (Savinja) statistical region
surface form: Savinja Statistical Region
officialLanguage Slovene
postalCode 3320
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST

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