Ljubečna

Ljubečna
Ljubečna Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′18.23″N 15°19′23.15″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Celje
Area
• Total	2.29 km^2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	260.2 m (853.7 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,141
• Density	500/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
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Ljubečna (pronounced [ljuˈbeːtʃna]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It is an urbanized settlement on the northeastern outskirts of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

Every year there is an event called the Golden Accordion (Slovene: Zlata harmonika).^[3] There is also a church dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, built in the early 1970s. The Ljubečna soil is clayey, and Ljubečna is known for brickmaking.

Twin towns and sister cities

Ljubečna is twinned with:

• Thörl, Austria

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Celje municipal site
3. (in Slovene) http://www.dnevnik.si/tiskane_izdaje/dnevnik/139559

External links

• Ljubečna on Geopedia
• Zlata harmonika