The City Municipality of Celje covers 95 km2, has a population of more than 300,000, and includes 39 urban and suburban settlements. Celje itself covers 24 km2 and has a population of around 50,000. Celje is the third largest town in Slovenia and is the administrative, business, economic, commercial, cultural, educational, medical, sports, and market center of the region. Celje lies along the Savinja River in the southeastern part of the Celje Basin, 241 meters above sea level. It is located at the traffic junction between Ljubljana to the west, Maribor to the north, Zidani Most to the south, Velenje and Slovenj Gradec to the northwest, and Rogaska Slatina to the east.

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