Celje (svn)

Celje

Celje ranks 732nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Classical Athens, Niterói, and Peru. Memorable people born in Celje include Barbara of Cilli, Janez Drnovšek, and Hermann II, Count of Celje. Memorable people who died in Celje include Goran Sankovič. Celje has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players. Celje is located in Slovenia.

Celje is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. The town of Celje is located below Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Hudinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna rivers in the lower Savinja Valley, and at the crossing of the roads connecting Ljubljana, Maribor, Velenje, and the Central Sava Valley. It lies 238 m (781 ft) above mean sea level (MSL). Read more on Wikipedia