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| name               = Celje
| native_name_lang   = sl
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| image1                 = View of Celje (28189851435).jpg
| caption1               = View from the [[Celje Castle|castle]]
| image2                 = Celjski dom in Celje.jpg
| caption2               = [[Celje Hall]]
| image3                 = Celje - Stara grofija.jpg
| caption3               = Old Count Manor
| image4                 = Assumption of Mary Church (Celje) 01.jpg
| caption4               = St. Mary's Church
| image5                 = Celje National Hall (2).jpg
| caption5               = [[Celje National Hall|National Hall]]
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| caption6               = [[Celje Castle]]

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| image_flag         = Flag of Celje.svg
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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| subdivision_type1  = Traditional region
| subdivision_name1  = [[Styria (Slovenia)|Styria]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Statistical regions of Slovenia|Statistical region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Savinja Statistical Region|Savinja]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Slovenia|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[City Municipality of Celje|Celje]]
| established_title  = [[town privileges|Town&nbsp;rights]]
| established_date   = 11&nbsp;April&nbsp;1451
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| government_type    = <!-- Politics -->
| leader_party       = [[Levica (Slovenia)|Levica]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Matija Kovač
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| population_total   = 38059
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| postal_code        = 3000
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| website            = {{URL|http://www.celje.si}}
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'''Celje''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈtsɛ̀ːljɛ|lang|Sl-Celje.oga}}; {{langx|de|Cilli}} {{IPA|de|ˈtsɪli||De-Cilli.ogg}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bos.zrc-sazu.si/c/SP/neva.exe?name=sp&expression=Celje&hs=1|title=Celje|work=Slovenski pravopis 2001|language=sl}}</ref> is the [[List of cities and towns in Slovenia|third-largest city]] in [[Slovenia]]. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of [[Styria (Slovenia)|Styria]] and the administrative seat of the [[City Municipality of Celje]]. The town is located below [[Celje Castle|Upper Celje Castle]] at the [[confluence]] of the [[Savinja]], [[Hudinja (river)|Hudinja]], [[Ložnica]], and [[Voglajna]] rivers in the lower [[Savinja Valley]], and at the crossing of the roads connecting [[Ljubljana]], [[Maribor]], [[Velenje]], and the [[Central Sava Valley]].

==Name==
Celje was known as ''Celeia'' during the [[Roman Empire|Roman period]]. Early attestations of the name during or following Slavic settlement include ''Cylia'' in 452, ''ecclesiae Celejanae'' in 579, ''Zellia'' in 824, ''in Cilia'' in 1310, ''Cilli'' in 1311, and ''Celee'' in 1575. The proto-Slovene name ''*Ceľe'' or ''*Celьje'', from which modern Slovene ''Celje'' developed, was borrowed from [[Vulgar Latin]] ''Celeae''. The name is of pre-Roman origin and its further etymology is unclear.<ref name="Snoj">{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=87}}</ref> In the local [[Slovene language|Slovene]] dialect, Celje is called ''Cjele'' or ''Cele''. In [[German language|German]] it is called ''Cilli'', and it is known in [[Italian language|Italian]] as ''Cilli'' or ''Celie''.

==History==
===Bronze Age to 18th century===
The first settlement in the area of Celje appeared during the [[Hallstatt culture|Hallstatt]] era. The settlement was known in the Celtic times and to Ancient Greek historians as ''Kelea'';<ref>{{cite web|title=The history of Celje: From the Celts and Romans to the Counts and Yugoslavia to the EU|url=https://www.inyourpocket.com/celje/History|access-date=2016-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003190530/https://www.inyourpocket.com/celje/History|archive-date=2016-10-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> findings suggest that [[Celt]]s coined [[Noricum|Noric]] money in the region.

[[File:Vischer - Topographia Ducatus Stiria - 035 Cilli - Celje.jpg|thumb|left|Celje, [[Georg Matthäus Vischer]], ''Topographia Ducatus Stiriae'', [[Graz]] 1681]]

Once the area was incorporated in the [[Roman Empire]] in 15 BC, it was known as ''Civitas [[List of Latin place names in the Balkans|Celeia]]''. It received [[town privileges|municipal rights]] in AD 45 under the name ''municipium [[Claudia Celeia]]'' during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Claudius]] (41–54). Records suggest that the town was rich and densely populated, secured with the walls and towers, containing multi-storied marble palaces, wide squares, and streets. It was called ''Troia secunda'', the second; or small [[Troy]]. A [[Roman road]] through Celeia led from [[Aquileia]] (Sln. ''Oglej'') to [[Pannonia]]. Celeia soon became a flourishing [[Roman colony]], and many great buildings were constructed, such as the temple of [[Mars (god)|Mars]], which was known across the Empire. Celeia was incorporated into Aquileia c. 320 under the Roman Emperor [[Constantine I]] (272–337).

The city was razed by [[Slavic tribes]] during the [[Migration period]] of the 5th and 6th centuries, but was rebuilt in the [[Early Middle Ages]]. The first mention of Celje in the Middle Ages was under the name of ''Cylie'' in [[Wolfhold von Admont]]'s Chronicle, which was written between 1122 and 1137. The town was the seat of the [[Counts of Celje]] from 1341 to 1456, with [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|princely status]] from 1436. It acquired market-town status in the first half of the 14th century and [[town privileges]] from Count [[Frederick II of Celje|Frederick&nbsp;II]] on 11&nbsp;April&nbsp;1451.

[[File:Celje-1441.JPG|thumb|left|Celje, pictured in 1750. The [[Voglajna|Voglajna River]] can be seen on the left, flowing into the [[Savinja]]. The island district is called Otok (Slovene for 'island').]]

[[File:017 Celje, Cilli Kreisstadt - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830.jpg|thumb|left|Celje, 1830 - Lith. Kaiser, Graz]]
After the Counts of Celje died out in 1456, the region was inherited by the [[Habsburg]]s of [[Austria]] and administered by the [[Duchy of Styria]]. The [[city wall]]s and defensive [[moat]] were built in 1473. The town defended itself against [[Turkish people|Turks]] and in 1515 during great [[Slovene peasant revolt of 1515|Slovene peasant revolt]] against peasants, who had taken [[Celje Castle|Old Castle]].

Many local nobles converted to [[Protestantism]] during the [[Protestant Reformation]], but the region was converted back to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] during the [[Counter-Reformation]].

===19th century to Second World War===
Celje became part of the Habsburgs' [[Austrian Empire]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. In 1867, after the defeat of Austria in the [[Austro-Prussian War]] and the ensuing [[Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867|Austro-Hungarian Compromise]], the town became part of the [[Cisleithania|Austrian-ruled section]] of [[Austria-Hungary]].

The first [[train|service]] on the [[Vienna]]-[[Trieste]] [[Austrian Southern Railway|railway line]] came through Celje on 27 April 1846. In 1895, [[I. high school in Celje|Celje secondary school]], established in 1808, began to teach in [[Slovene language|Slovene]].

At the end of the 19th century and in the early 20th century, Celje was a center of German [[nationalism]] which had repercussions for [[Slovenes]]. The 1910 census showed that 66.8% of the population was German.<ref>For more information on the 1910 Austro-Hungarian census, see ''Geographischer Atlas zur Vaterlandskunde an der österreichischen Mittelschulen''. K. u. k. Hof-Kartographische Anstalt G. Freytag & Berndt, [[Vienna]] 1911.</ref> A symbol of this was the German Cultural Center ({{langx|de|Deutsches Haus}}), built in 1906 and opened on 15 May 1907, today the [[Celje Hall]] ({{langx|sl|Celjski dom}}). The centuries-old German name of the town, ''Cilli'', sounded no longer German enough to some German residents, the form ''Celle'' being preferred by many.

Population growth was steady during this period. In 1900, Celje had 6,743 inhabitants and by 1924 this had grown to 7,750. The [[National Hall, Celje|National Hall]] (''Narodni dom''), which hosts the mayor's office and [[town council]] today, was built in 1896. The first [[telephone]] line was installed in 1902 and the city received [[electricity|electric power]] in 1913.

Slovene and [[German ethnic nationalism]] increased during the 19th and early 20th centuries. With the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 as a result of [[World War I]], Celje became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (later known as [[Yugoslavia]]). During this period, the town experienced a rapid industrialization and a substantial growth in population.

===Second World War===
Celje was occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] in April 1941. The [[Gestapo]] arrived in Celje on 16 April 1941 and were followed three days later by [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] leader [[Heinrich Himmler]], who inspected ''Stari pisker'' prison. During the war, the city suffered from [[Allies of World War II|allied]] [[Aerial warfare#World War II|bombing]], aimed at important communication lines and military installations. The [[Celje National Hall|National Hall]] was severely damaged.

The toll of the war on the city was heavy. The city (including nearby towns) had a pre-war population of 20,000 and lost 575 people during the war, mostly between the ages of 20 and 30. More than 1,500 people were deported to [[Serbia]] or into the German interior of the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]. Around 300 people were interned and around 1,000 people imprisoned in Celje's prisons. An unknown number of citizens were forcibly conscripted into the [[Wehrmacht|German army]]. Around 600 "stolen children" were taken to Nazi Germany for [[Germanization]]. A monument in Celje called ''Vojna in mir'' (War and Peace) by the sculptor [[Jakob Savinšek]], commemorates the World War II era.

After the end of the war, the remaining German-speaking portion of the populace was [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expelled]] or executed. Anti-tank [[Trench warfare|trenches]] and other sites were used to create 25 [[mass graves in Celje]] and its immediate surroundings and were filled with [[Croatia]]n, Serbian, and Slovenian militia members that had collaborated with the Germans, as well as ethnic German civilians from Celje and surrounding areas.

===Independent Slovenia===
Celje became part of independent Slovenia following the [[Ten-Day War]] in 1991. On 7 April 2006, Celje became the seat of a new [[Diocese of Celje]], created by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] within the [[Archdiocese of Maribor]].

==Sights==
The town's tourist sights include a [[Franciscan|Grayfriars']] monastery founded in 1241<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Cilli|volume=6|page=366}}</ref> and a [[palace]] from the 16th century.

The parish church, dating from the 14th century, with its [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] chapel, is a specimen of medieval architecture. The so-called German church, in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style, belonged to the monastery, which was closed in 1808. The throne of the counts of Cilli is preserved here, and also the tombs of several members of the family.<ref name="EB1911"/>

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== Geography ==

=== Climate ===
Celje has a [[continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfb'').
{{Weather box
| location = Celje (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–present) 
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 17.1
| Feb record high C = 21.4
| Mar record high C = 25.5
| Apr record high C = 28.9
| May record high C = 32.6
| Jun record high C = 36.9
| Jul record high C = 37.0
| Aug record high C = 39.7 
| Sep record high C = 33.3
| Oct record high C = 26.9
| Nov record high C = 22.8
| Dec record high C = 20.0
| year record high C = 39.7
| Jan high C = 4.7
| Feb high C = 7.3
| Mar high C = 12.2
| Apr high C = 17.3
| May high C = 21.8
| Jun high C = 25.7
| Jul high C = 27.6
| Aug high C = 27.4
| Sep high C = 21.9
| Oct high C = 16.5
| Nov high C = 10.1
| Dec high C = 5.0
| year high C = 16.5
| Jan mean C = 0.1
| Feb mean C = 1.4
| Mar mean C = 5.7
| Apr mean C = 10.3
| May mean C = 14.9
| Jun mean C = 18.8
| Jul mean C = 20.3
| Aug mean C = 19.7
| Sep mean C = 14.8
| Oct mean C = 10.4
| Nov mean C = 5.6
| Dec mean C = 0.7
| year mean C = 10.2
| Jan low C = −4
| Feb low C = −3
| Mar low C = 0.1
| Apr low C = 4.2
| May low C = 8.8
| Jun low C = 12.8
| Jul low C = 14.0
| Aug low C = 13.7
| Sep low C = 9.8
| Oct low C = 6.1
| Nov low C = 2.1
| Dec low C = −2.9
| year low C = 5.1
| Jan record low C = −29.2
| Feb record low C = −28.4
| Mar record low C = −24.2
| Apr record low C = −9.1
| May record low C = −4.2
| Jun record low C = −0.7
| Jul record low C = 3.7
| Aug record low C = 2.5
| Sep record low C = −2.2
| Oct record low C = −8.6
| Nov record low C = −19.5
| Dec record low C = −23.2
| year record low C = −29.2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 46
| Feb precipitation mm = 58
| Mar precipitation mm = 60
| Apr precipitation mm = 74
| May precipitation mm = 95
| Jun precipitation mm = 120
| Jul precipitation mm = 126
| Aug precipitation mm = 114
| Sep precipitation mm = 132
| Oct precipitation mm = 115
| Nov precipitation mm = 100
| Dec precipitation mm = 77
| year precipitation mm = 1118
| Jan snow depth cm = 5
| Feb snow depth cm = 6
| Mar snow depth cm = 2
| Apr snow depth cm = 0
| May snow depth cm = 0
| Jun snow depth cm = 0
| Jul snow depth cm = 0
| Aug snow depth cm = 0
| Sep snow depth cm = 0
| Oct snow depth cm = 0
| Nov snow depth cm = 1
| Dec snow depth cm = 3
| year snow depth cm = 1.5
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10
| Feb precipitation days = 9
| Mar precipitation days = 10
| Apr precipitation days = 13
| May precipitation days = 14
| Jun precipitation days = 14
| Jul precipitation days = 13
| Aug precipitation days = 12
| Sep precipitation days = 12
| Oct precipitation days = 12
| Nov precipitation days = 12
| Dec precipitation days = 11
| year precipitation days = 141
| unit snow days = 0 cm
| Jan snow days = 13
| Feb snow days = 12
| Mar snow days = 5
| Apr snow days = 0
| May snow days = 0
| Jun snow days = 0
| Jul snow days = 0
| Aug snow days = 0
| Sep snow days = 0
| Oct snow days = 0
| Nov snow days = 3
| Dec snow days = 10
| year snow days = 43
| time day = 14:00
| Jan humidity = 67
| Feb humidity = 55
| Mar humidity = 50
| Apr humidity = 48
| May humidity = 48
| Jun humidity = 49
| Jul humidity = 48
| Aug humidity = 48
| Sep humidity = 54
| Oct humidity = 60
| Nov humidity = 67
| Dec humidity = 73
| year humidity = 56
| Jan sun = 81.2
| Feb sun = 105.4
| Mar sun = 145.4
| Apr sun = 178.3
| May sun = 217.4
| Jun sun = 233.7
| Jul sun = 258.3
| Aug sun = 246.8
| Sep sun = 172.7
| Oct sun = 131.1
| Nov sun = 72.5
| Dec sun = 63.5
| year sun = 1906.3
| source 1 = [[Slovenian Environment Agency]] (humidity and snow 1981–2010)<ref name = SEA>{{Cite web 
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821172907/https://meteo.arso.gov.si/met/sl/climate/tables/statistike_1950_2020/celje_medlog/
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://meteo.arso.gov.si/met/sl/climate/tables/statistike_1950_2020/celje_medlog/
| title = Celje Medlog Podnebne statistike 1950–2020
| publisher = Slovenian Environmental Agency
| language = sl
| access-date = 21 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web 
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821174102/https://meteo.arso.gov.si/uploads/probase/www/climate/table/en/by_location/celje/climate-normals_81-10_Celje_eng.pdf
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://meteo.arso.gov.si/uploads/probase/www/climate/table/en/by_location/celje/climate-normals_81-10_Celje_eng.pdf
| title = Celje Climate Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = Slovenian Environmental Agency
| language = sl
| access-date = 21 August 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[NOAA]] (sun 1991–2020),<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821174443/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Slovenia/CSV/Celje_14023.csv
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Slovenia/CSV/Celje_14023.csv
| title = Celje Climate Normals 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 21 August 2023}}</ref> Ogimet<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=14023&ndays=30&ano=2025&mes=06&day=27&hora=07&ord=REV&Send=Send|title= 14023: Celje (Slovenia)|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 27 June 2025|website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET |access-date= 19 September 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
}}

==Symbols==
[[File:Cilli-Wappen.PNG|thumb|150px|Escutcheon of [[Ulrich II of Celje]]]]
The [[coat of arms]] of Celje are based on the coat of arms of the [[Counts of Celje]].

The coat-of-arms of Celje was selected for the national arms immediately after [[World War I]] in 1918, when Slovenia together with Croatia and Serbia formed the original [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (later [[Yugoslavia]]). A similar coat of arms was integrated into the [[Coat of arms of Slovenia|Slovenian national arms]] in 1991.

==Districts and local communities==
The city of Celje is divided into 10 districts (''mestne četrti'') and the municipality has 9 local communities (''krajevne skupnosti''):

{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
''Districts''
* [[Center, Celje|Center]]
* [[Dečkovo Naselje]]
* [[Dolgo Polje]]
* [[Gaberje (district)|Gaberje]]
* [[Hudinja (district)|Hudinja]]
* [[Karel Destovnik Kajuh, Celje|Karel Destovnik Kajuh]]
* [[Lava (district)|Lava]]
* [[Nova Vas (district)|Nova Vas]]
* [[Savinja, Celje|Savinja]]
* [[Slavko Šlander, Celje|Slavko Šlander]]
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''Local communities''
* [[Aljažev Hrib]]
* [[Ljubečna]]
* [[Medlog]]
* [[Ostrožno (local community)|Ostrožno]]
* [[Pod Gradom]]
* [[Škofja Vas]]
* [[Šmartno v Rožni Dolini]]
* [[Teharje]]
* [[Trnovlje pri Celju|Trnovlje]]
{{col-end}}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|1439|1000
|1798|1,400
|1820|1,635
|1834|1,511
|1840|1,793
|1900|6,743
|1924|7,750
|1940|20,000
|1981|33,033|1991|41,279|2002|37,834|2011|37,520|2021|37,392| source = <ref>Orožen, pp. 362-365</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Slovenia: Major Cities|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/slovenia/cities/}}</ref>
}}

In 1991 the population consisted of:
* [[Slovenes]]: 33,434 (82.1%)
* [[Serbs]]: 1,864 (4.6%)
* [[Croats]]: 1,687 (4.1%)
* [[Muslims (South-Slavic ethnic group)|ethnic Muslims]]: 466 (1.1%)
* [[Yugoslavs]]: 405 (1%)
* [[Albanians]]: 189
* [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]]: 140
* [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]]: 93
* [[Hungarians]]: 41
* Others: 82
* Unknown: 1,972 (4.8%)
* Undeclared: 249
* Regionally declared: 88

==Education==
Celje does not have its own university, although some college-level education has been established in the city.

* The Faculty of [[Logistics]], formally part of the [[University of Maribor]], was established in Celje in 2005.
* International School for Social and Business Studies
* Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences
* UP Faculty of Management

==Law and government==

=== Mayor ===

The current{{when|date=February 2024}} mayor of Celje is Matija Kovač.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

=== Vice mayors ===

The current vice mayors of Celje are Saša Kundih, Samo Seničar and Uroš Lesjak.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

===Courts===
In Celje there are three courts of general jurisdiction:
* Celje Higher Court;
* Celje District Court;
* Celje Local Court.

In addition to that there are also Celje Labour Court for resolving labour law disputes and an external department of Administrative Court for resolving disputes arising from administrative procedures.

==Communications==
[[File:Slovenia IMG 7590 (19609559536).jpg|right|180px|thumb|The [[Celje Post Office]]]]
Postal number: SI-3000 (from 1991). (Old one: 63000 (between 1945–1991)).

==Sports==
Sports clubs based in Celje include [[association football|football]] club [[NK Celje]], [[basketball]] club [[KK Celje]], [[handball]] club [[RK Celje]], [[ice hockey]] club [[HK Celje]].

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovenia}}

===Twin towns and sister cities===

Celje is [[Sister city|twinned]] with<ref name=pm>{{cite web |title=Partnerska mesta|url=https://moc.celje.si/partnerska-mesta|publisher=Mestna občina Celje|language=sl|access-date=2023-01-15}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Budva Municipality|Budva]], Montenegro (1984)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ćuprija]], Serbia (1966)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Doboj]], Bosnia and Hercegovina (1965)
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Gaziantep]], Turkey (2014)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Grevenbroich]], Germany (1986)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Šabac]], Serbia (2012)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Shchyolkovo]], Russia (2017)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Singen]], Germany (1990)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Sisak]], Croatia (1965)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Slavonski Brod]], Croatia (2010)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Sombor]], Serbia (1986)
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Veles Municipality|Veles]], North Macedonia (1979)
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Celje also cooperates with [[Cherepovets]] in Russia and has informal friendly relations with [[Graz]] and [[Spittal an der Drau]] in Austria.<ref name=pm/>

==Notable people==
* [[Anna of Celje]] (1381–1416), Queen consort of Poland
* [[Lenore Aubert]] (1918–1993), [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] actress and model
* [[Barbara of Celje]] (1390/1395–1451), second wife of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
* {{ill|Trude Breitschopf|de}} (1915–2001), film actress
* [[Gregor Cankar]] (born 1975), athlete
* [[Jolanda Čeplak]] (born 1976), athlete
* [[Anica Černej]] (1900–1944), poet, author, and schoolmistress
* [[Janez Drnovšek]] (1950–2008), politician, statesman, and third [[president of Slovenia]]
* [[Janez Drozg]] (1933–2005), television director
* [[Dejan Glavnik]] (born 1975), Slovenian extreme cyclist
* {{Interlanguage link|Damjana Golavšek|sl}} (born 1964), singer
* [[Bojan Gorišek]] (born 1962), pianist
* [[Hermann II of Celje]] (1365–1435), Count of Celje, Ortenburg and Seger
* [[Andrej Hieng]] (1925–2000), writer, playwright, screenwriter and dramaturgist
* {{ill|Andrej Inkret|sl}} (1943–2015), critic, essayist, theatrologist and dramaturgist
* [[Lea Jagodič]] (born 1991), basketball player
* [[Romana Jordan Cizelj]] (born 1966), physicist and politician
* [[Boban Jović]] (born 1991), footballer
* [[Jelko Kacin]] (born 1955), politician
* [[Alma Karlin]] (1889–1950), traveller, author, poet, and collector
* [[Margareta of Celje]] (1411–1480), noblewoman member of the [[Counts of Celje|House of Celje]], duchess of [[Głogów]] and [[Ścinawa]].
* [[Margit Korondi]] (born 1932), gymnast, Olympic champion
* {{ill|Janez K. Lapajne|sl}} (1937–2012), geophysicist and seismologist<ref>[http://www.iaspei.org/newsletters/iaspei_newsletter_june_2012.pdf Motnikar, Barbara Šket, & Andrej Gosar. 2012. Obituaries: Janez Lapajne, 1937–2012. ''IASPEI Newsletter'' (June/July): 4.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904051217/http://www.iaspei.org/newsletters/iaspei_newsletter_june_2012.pdf |date=2015-09-04 }}</ref>
* [[Janez Lapajne]] (born 1967), film director
* [[Marianne Elisabeth Lloyd-Dolbey]] (1919–1994), personal secretary to the Brunei sultan [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III]]
* [[Janko Orožen]] (1891–1989), historian, honorary citizen
* [[Oto Pestner]] (born 1956), musician and singer
* [[Milan Pogačnik]] (born 1946), politician
* [[Lucija Polavder]] (born 1984), judoka
* {{ill|Elza Premšak|sl}} (1914–1947), worker, victim of the communist regime
* [[Fran Roš]] (1898–1976), writer, poet, playwright, honorary citizen
* [[Johann Gabriel Seidl]] (1804–1875), archeologist, poet, storyteller and dramatist
* [[Bina Štampe Žmavc]] (born 1952), poet and author
* [[Tina Trstenjak]] (born 1990), judoka, Olympic champion
* [[Beno Udrih]] (born 1982), basketball player
* [[Bogumil Vošnjak]] (1882–1955), scholar, politician, diplomat
* [[Urška Žolnir]] (born 1981), judoka, Olympic champion

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:
File:
File:Celje - panoramio.jpg|Town Hall
File:Slovenia IMG 7590 (19609559536).jpg|Post Building
File:Železniška postaja Celje.jpg|Railway Station
File:Celje Cathedral 18.jpg|Celje Cathedral
File:Ducal Court in Celje (1).jpg|Ducal Court
File:Celje Water Tower, July 2007.JPG|[[Celje Water Tower|Water Tower]]
File:Saint Cecilia's Parish Church, Celje 01.JPG|St. Cecilia's Church
File:Glavni trg in Celje (2).jpg|Main Square Houses
File:Hohenwarter house in Celje (2).jpg|Hohenwarter house
File:SLO-Celje08-2.JPG|Stane Street
File:The Celje Ceiling (stropna freska, Stara grofija).jpg|The Celje Ceiling from the Old's Counts Mansion
File:View over Celje from the Old town.JPG|View from the Castle
File:2023-05-23 Celje detail 01.jpg|View over the river
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:5283_x1698134.679162964_y5818223.838604938_s14_b2345 Celje on Geopedia]
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* {{official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081102085814/http://celjecafe.com/ CeljeCafe.com unofficial website] {{in lang|sl}}

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