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Medlog () is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the western outskirts of Celje. The grass runway of Celje Airport is located in the western part of the settlement. 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.

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Place details

Locality
Celje
Region
Urban Municipality of Celje
Country
Slovenija
Population
281

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Medlog
Settlement.image_skyline
Medlog Slovenia.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Slovenia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Traditional region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Styria
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Savinja
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Celje
Settlement.area_total_km2
3.41
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
318
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Population
318
Area
3.41
Elevation
241
Image
Medlog Slovenia.jpg
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female population
160
male population
158
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Medlog
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Medlog () is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the western outskirts of Celje. The grass runway of Celje Airport is located in the western part of the settlement. 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.

==Mass graves== Medlog is the site of three known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. They are part of the 25 mass graves in the Celje area. The Slovenijales Mass Grave () lies south of the settlement, in a former trench used to store gasoline barrels near the Medlog Airport and where the Slovenijales factory and Avto Celje premises now stand. It contains the remains of a large number of Croatian civilians murdered in May and June 1945. The Tirdrož Mass Grave (), also known as the Tirgut Mass Grave (), is located between Ložnica Creek to the north, a water pumping station to the west, and the main road to the south. It measures and contains the remains of Croatian refugees murdered in May 1945. The Lipovšek Meadow Mass Grave (), also known as the Šef Woods Mass Grave (), is a former antitank trench in the northeast part of the settlement. It contains the remains of about 400 Croatian civilian refugees in four areas measuring . Human remains were uncovered by the Nivo Celje company during excavation work at the site and disposed of in an unknown manner.

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