Zgornji Velovlek

Zgornji Velovlek
Zgornji Velovlek

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°28′22.31″N 15°54′34.59″E / 46.4728639°N 15.9096083°E / 46.4728639; 15.9096083Coordinates: 46°28′22.31″N 15°54′34.59″E / 46.4728639°N 15.9096083°E / 46.4728639; 15.9096083
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Destrnik
Area
  Total 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation 239.1 m (784.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 85
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Zgornji Velovlek (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ʋɛˈloːu̯lɛk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Destrnik in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

There is a small chapel-shrine with a wooden belfry on the regional road from Ptuj to Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah in the settlement. It dates to the early 20th century.[3]

There are a number of Roman-period burial mounds in the area of the settlement.[4]

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