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Velenje logo #21000 ==History== ===Name=== Velenje was first attested in written sources in 1264 as Weln (and as Welan in 1270, and Belen and Welen in 1296). The name derives from *Velen′e selo `Velenъ`s village`. A less likely hypothesis derives the name from the Slovene common noun velen(je) `pasture for livestock`. The name of the town was changed to Titov...
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Velenje

Velenje logo #21003town, 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 ...
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