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Mežica

Southern Europe

Mežica is a town in northern Slovenia, on the Meža River in the traditional province of Carinthia near the Austrian border, and is the seat of the Municipality of Mežica. It grew up beside a lead and zinc mine at the foot of Mount Peca, worked from 1665 until 1994 and now open only for tourist visits.

Facts
Population
3176 1
Area (sq km)
26.4 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
480 1
Latitude
46.520581 degrees north 1
Longitude
14.853647 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Mežica (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 3,176 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 46.520581, longitude 14.853647
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 480 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 26.4 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 3176 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Mežica - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 555 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 14.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 14.75
46.75 14.75 Dfb
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4. GeoNames: Mežica - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3195202
Quote, cities500 record 3195202
46.5203 14.85307 P PPLA SI 74 3254 555 Europe/Ljubljana
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Mezica (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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