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Kranj

city in Slovenia
City city Q1021

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
city
Country
Slovenia, Austrian Empire, Yugoslavia[2]
Official website
www.kranj.si[21]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.239°, 14.356°
Capital of
Upper Carniola Statistical Region, City Municipality of Kranj[38][39]
Area
+148
Continent
Europe[5]
Demonym
Kranjčanka, Kranjčan[43][44]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Regesta Imperii[36][37]
Different from
City Municipality of Kranj
Elevation above sea level
+386, +387
Female population
+19021[41]
Flag
Wikidata item[6]
Has edition or translation
Kraň[20]
Licence plate code
KR[18]
Local dialing code
04[19]
Located in or next to body of water
Sava, Kokra[3][4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
City Municipality of Kranj, Duchy of Carniola[1]
Male population
+18920[42]
Native label
Kranj[45]
Official name
Kranj, Krainburg[40]
P14541
1PpsNB
Population
36k (16k–38k, n=22)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Postal code
4000[17]
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Twinned administrative body
Oldham, Zemun, Senta, Amberg, Rivoli, Banja Luka, Osijek, Pula, Herceg Novi, Kočani[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kranj ar كراني de Krainburg el Κραν fa کرانی he קראן hi क्रान ja クラーニ ko 크란 ru Крань th คราน zh 克拉尼
🔖 Identifiers · 42
VIAF cluster ID
158341431
Library of Congress authority ID
n85149657
GND ID
4264631-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kranj - 2019-04-21 01.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
10121
BabelNet ID
03408703n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12352975v
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
kranj
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12017063
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4973
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
10730, 42849
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
584959
Show all 42 identifiers +30
FAST ID
1237383
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
SI52
FactGrid item ID
Roland Königshofer
Freebase ID
/m/02ss9j
GeoNames ID
3197378
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2106189, 5604774
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kran-9d1ba1
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
33727
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2059419
IdRef ID
032514492
Museum-digital place ID
37558
MusicBrainz area ID
02468f95-6cf6-4a2b-98a0-6e15551f35c7
NL CR AUT ID
ge332455
NSK (VIAF) ID
000597903
NSK ID
981005711379309366
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001009717
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007567006405171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3927028
OpenStreetMap node ID
29098951
Quora topic ID
Kranj-Slovenia, Kranj
RKD thesaurus ID
1307
SNARC ID
Johannes Rau
SVKKL authority ID
0255668-Kran-Slovinsko
Topic's main category
Category:Kranj
UN/LOCODE
SIKRJ
Vikidia article ID
fr:Kranj
WOEID
530494
Who's on First ID
85677405
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxWVDm387bJ39GdXgxCcP
Yale LUX ID
place/350c7cd2-8920-4315-8c7b-e0832879b09c

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🔗 Connections
People born here 168
Jan Oblak, Bojan Jokić, Nika Prevc, Aleksandar Radosavljevič, Matej Mohorič, Gregor Fučka, Miran Pavlin, Robert Kranjec +160 more
Twinned administrative body 10
Pula, Banja Luka, Osijek, Amberg, Herceg Novi, Rivoli, Oldham, Kočani +2 more
← Twinned administrative body 10
Pula, Banja Luka, Osijek, Amberg, Herceg Novi, Rivoli, Oldham, Kočani +2 more
People who died here 6
France Prešeren, Simon Jenko, Janez Puhar, Stojan Puc, Davorin Savnik, Leopold Layer
← Category combines topics 5
Category:People from Kranj, Category:Births in Kranj, Category:Sport in Kranj, Category:Deaths in Kranj, Category:Sportspeople from Kranj
Located in time zone 4
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, Central European Time, Central European Summer Time
← Headquarters location 4
NK Triglav Kranj, Goodyear Dunlop Sava Tires, KK Triglav Kranj, Resni.ca
Contained subdivisions 3
2006 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Bauhenk, Fat Peak
Country 3
Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Austrian Empire
Capital of 2
Upper Carniola Statistical Region, City Municipality of Kranj
Located in or next to body of water 2
Sava, Kokra
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Duchy of Carniola, City Municipality of Kranj
Located in this place 2
2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship, 2006 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
← Capital 2
Upper Carniola Statistical Region, City Municipality of Kranj
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Kranj
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deaths in Kranj
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Kranj
Continent 1
Europe
Described by source 1
Regesta Imperii
Different from 1
City Municipality of Kranj
FactGrid item ID 1
Roland Königshofer
Instance of 1
city
Named after 1
Carniola
Residents 1
Grega Žemlja
SNARC ID 1
Johannes Rau
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kranj
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kranj
← Contains settlement 1
City Municipality of Kranj
← Different from 1
City Municipality of Kranj
← Place of publication 1
Karawanken Bote
← Shares border with 1
Municipality of Medvode
← TDKIV Wikibase ID 1
monograph
← Work location 1
Alenka Kham Pičman
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kranj include Carniola[46], a march[47], in Austrian Empire[48].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Kranj include Carniola[46], a march[47], in Austrian Empire[48].

Related Entities

Austrian Empire Bojan Jokić city Denis Trček France Prešeren Gašper Beguš Herceg Novi Jan Oblak Johannes Rau Kočani Osijek Rivoli Sava Slovenia Yugoslavia

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  1. 2d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISO 3166-2 code → —
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  2. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43894|batch #43894]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1PpsNB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · EUPBR · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → Wikidata item
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Flag: Wikidata item"
  5. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → —
    Coat of arms image → Coat of Arm of Kranj.png
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kranj
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0255668-Kran-Slovinsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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