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Jesenice
Sign in to saveJesenice (, ) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper Carniola. It is the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice spanning the southern side of the Karawanks, along Slovenia's border with Austria to the north. Renowned as a mining town, its ironworks and metallurgy industries being the driving force of the town's historical development.
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Place details
- Locality
- Jesenice
- Region
- Municipality of Jesenice
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 13,255
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 585
- Settlement.population_rank
- 12th, Slovenia
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,255
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1,552
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +01:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.name
- Jesenice
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- sl
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: View from above, Workers' Barracks, Bucket Wheel Turbine, Iron bridge, Stara Sava
- Settlement.image_flag
- Zastava občine Jesenice.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Grb občine Jesenice.svg
- Settlement.nicknames
- Town of steel and daffodils
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Občina Jesenice - Občina Jesenice
Uradna spletna stran Občine Jesenice - Jesenice Municipality
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Travel guide
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The Jesenice Upper Sava Museum is made up of six components, three of which are in Jesenice: The three other sites are the Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana, the Liznjek Farm in Kranjska Gora and the Kajžnk House in Rateče.
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Middle Ages
- Industrial growth
- The beginning of the 20th century
- World War I
- World War II
- Second half of the 20th century
- Geography and climate
- Government
- Economy
- Transportation
- Education
- Religion
- Sports
- Industry
- Tourism
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns and sister cities
- References
- External links
Jesenice (, ) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper Carniola. It is the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice spanning the southern side of the Karawanks, along Slovenia's border with Austria to the north. Renowned as a mining town, its ironworks and metallurgy industries being the driving force of the town's historical development.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jesenice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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