Jesenice is an industrial and ironworks settlement in the Gornjesavska valley, which is less than a kilometer wide between the Karavanke in the north and the Mežaklo plateau in the south. The settlement lies for the most part on the left bank of the Sava Dolinka and extends at a distance of 7 km from NW at Hrušica to SE at Lipce (60 m altitude difference). In the extreme southern area of the settlement, just below Mežaklo, there is a motorway that relieves the former traffic connection through the center of Jesenice. The name Jesenice is said to have originated from Ash tree that grows in the surrounding forests.
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