Official Name: | Škale |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Velenje |
Area Total Km2: | 6.7 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 843 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.3899°N 15.0999°W |
Elevation M: | 456.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Škale (pronounced as /sl/, German: Skalis[2] [3]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. It lies just north of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[4]
The former parish church, dedicated to Saint George, was demolished on September 27, 1951 (when the bell tower was dynamited).[5] [6] A new smaller filial church dedicated to Saint Joseph was built in 1976 in a new location. It belongs to Saint Martin's Parish in Velenje.