Statistics
| Competent Local Government Authority (UE): |
UE Velenje |
| Area: |
83. 5 km2 |
| Number of local communities (KS) and suburbs (MČ): |
18 |
| Local communities: |
Bevče, Cirkovce, Gorica, Konovo, Paka, Pesje, Plešivec, Podkraj, Kavče, Stara vas, Staro Velenje, Šalek, Šentilj, Škale – Hrastovec, Šmartno, Vinska Gora |
| Suburbs: |
Desni breg (Right Bank), Levi breg – vzhod (Left Bank – east), Levi breg – zahod (Left Bank – west) |
| Settlements, hamlets, villages: |
Arnače, Bevče, Črnova, Hrastovec, Janškovo selo, Kavče, Laze, Lipje, Lopatnik, Lopatnik Pri Velenju, Ložnica, Paka pri Velenju, Paški Kozjak, Pirešica, Plešivec, Prelska, Podgorje, Podkraj, Silova, Šenbric, Škale, Škalske Cirkovce, Šmartinske Cirkovce, the town of Velenje, Vinska Gora |
| Neighbouring shires/communities: |
Polzela, Šoštanj, Slovenj Gradec, Mislinja, Dobrna, Žalec |
Resident population
| MOV population: |
33.642 (as at 31 December 2004) |
| Men: |
16.916 |
| Women: |
16.726 |
| Population of the town of Velenje: |
26.742 |
| Statistics of births and deaths, per gender, in 2004: |
Total number of births: 324 (male: 167, female: 157) |
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Total number of deaths: 206 (male: 126, female: 82) |
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Natural population increase: 116 (male: 41, female: 75) |
| Foreign citizens temporarily residing in Slovenia, total (Annual statistics, 31 December 2004) |
636 |
| Foreign citizens temporarily residing in Slovenia, male: |
540 |
| Foreign citizens temporarily residing in Slovenia, female: |
96 |
| Nationals of Slovenia temporarily residing abroad, total (Annual statistics, 31 December 2004) |
675 |
| Nationals of Slovenia temporarily residing abroad, female (Annual statistics, 31 December 2004) |
202 |
| Nationals of Slovenia temporarily residing abroad, male (Annual statistics, 31 December 2004) |
473 |
| Nationals of Slovenia, male: |
15.903 |
| Nationals of Slovenia, female: |
16.428 |
| Marriages and divorces in 2004 (Annual statistics) |
121 marriages, 54 divorces |
Employment
| No. of unemployed: |
2.225 (December 2004) |
| No. of unemployed women: |
1.251 |
| No. of unemployed men: |
974 |
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35 % unemployed have no education |
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22,1 % have level of education III and IV |
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36,2 % have level of education V |
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2.8 % have level of education VI |
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3.9 % have level of education VII and VIII |
| Average monthly salary, December 2004 (SIT) |
158.640 net, 247.610 gross |
Education
| No. of day care centres: |
12 |
| No. of children enrolled: |
school year 2004/2005: 900 |
| No. of primary schools: |
6 |
| Total no. of students in 2005/2006 |
2.699 |
| No. of students enrolled in the Šolski center Velenje school centre in 2005/2006: |
2,564 students (1,594 boys, 970 girls) |
| Accommodation |
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| Nights spent at the Paka hotel in 2005: |
11,268 domestic guests: 2.287 foreign guests: 8.981 |
| Nights spent at the Paka hotel in 2004: |
4.980 domestic guests: 1.167 foreign guests: 3.214 |
| Nights spent at the Paka hotel in 2003: |
12,482 domestic guests: 2.518 foreign guests: 9.964 |
| Museums |
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| No. of visitors of the Coalmining Museum of Slovenia in 2005: |
28.856 domestic visitors: 25.965 foreign visitors: 2.891 |
| No. of visitors of the Coalmining Museum of Slovenia in 2004: |
28.488 domestic visitors: 25.274 foreign visitors: 3.214 |
| No. of visitors of the Coalmining Museum of Slovenia in 2003: |
29.463 domestic visitors: 26.824 foreign visitors: 2.639 |
| No. of visitors of the Velenje Museum in 2005: |
19.627 domestic visitors: 17.629 foreign visitors: 2.000 |
| No. of visitors of the Velenje Museum in 2004: |
18.369 domestic visitors: 17.039 foreign visitors: 1.330 |
| No. of visitors of the Velenje Museum in 2003: |
18.013 domestic visitors: 16.532 foreign visitors: 1.481 |
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