Kranjska Gora

Municipality_of_Slovenia|nativename=Kranjska Gora
coat=
location=
area=256.3 km²
population=5,500
males=2,565
females=2,682
mayor=Jure Žerjav
avg_age=40.8 years
residental_density=40.21 m²/person
households=1,997
families=1,499
workers=2,620
unemployed=294
salary_date=August 2003
avg_salary_bruto=259,130 SIT
avg_salary_neto=161,652 SIT
students=171

Kranjska Gora (German: "Kronau"), population 1,605, is a town and a municipality in north-west Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.

Kranjska Gora is mostly famous as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps. It annually hosts an event in the Alpine skiing World Cup series, also known as the "Vitranc Cup" for the slalom and giant slalom events. The well-known ski jumping hill Planica is located in the nearby Tamar valley.

Kranjska Gora hosted a mountain bike downhill race event on September 26-27 2008. The race was held in the Fun Bike Park Kranjska Gora, more info on the [http://www.kd-rajd.si Official KD-Rajd (organizer) Website] .

External links

* [http://www.kranjska-gora.si/ Official Website]
* [http://www.kd-rajd.si MTB Downhill Vitranc 26.-27. September 2008]
* [http://www.pokal-vitranc.com Vitranc Cup Official Website]