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Slovenj Gradec is a city in Slovenia, serving as the capital of the Koroška region and the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. The municipality covers an area of 173.7 square kilometers and has a population of 7,249, comprising 3,748 males and 3,501 females. The official language is Slovene, and the city uses the postal code 2380 and the license plate code SG.
Located in the Europe/Ljubljana time zone, the city sits at an elevation of 413 meters above sea level. It is twinned with Várpalota, Gornji Milanovac, Český Krumlov, and Vöcklabruck. The urban municipality is situated within the administrative territorial entity of the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec.
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Place details
- Locality
- Slovenj Gradec
- Region
- Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 7,249
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
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Travel guide
Get in
The easiest way to get in Slovenj Gradec is with a car.
There is a railway station in Dravograd (6 mi. North) with daily service to/from Maribor.
2 mi. Southwest of Slovenj Gradec is also a small airport with no regular service, but it is possible to book a private flight with a small aircraft.
Get around
There is no public transport service, but there is a Taxi service called Taxi Gral ( )
Drink
On the main street there's a lot of cafes and bars.
Sleep
In Slovenj Gradec there is one hotel in city centre and one by the airport.
Hotel Vabo Hotel Aerodrom [http://www.aerodrom-sg.si/
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Slovenj Gradec ( pronounced [slɔˈʋéːŋ ˈɡɾàːdəts] ; German: Windischgrätz, after about 1900 Windischgraz) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the centre of the Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historical Styria region, and since 2005 it has belonged to the NUTS-3 Carinthia Statistical Region. It is located in the Mislinja Valley at the eastern end of the Karawanks mountain range, about 45 km (28 mi) west of Maribor and 65 km (40 mi) northeast of Ljubljana.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slovenj Gradec” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.