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Velenje: castle
Velenje: castle Castle of Velenje, Slovenia.

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Velenje, town, northern Slovenia. It lies 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Celje on the Paka River. Velenje was built as a model mine-workers’ town with distinct administrative, business, residential, and recreational areas. It is adjacent to a major lignite mine in the Celje coal basin. There is a power plant, a chemical works, an electrical machinery factory, and a mining school. Pop. (2011) 25,456; (2017 est.) 24,923.

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