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Bátka

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Bátka

Total population

955

Founded

1294

Elevation182 m

Land area12.02 km²

Coordinates48.38°, 20.17°

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City facts

Founded

1294

Elevation

182 m

Area

12.02 km²

Official website

www.obecbatka.sk

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Overview

Bátka is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

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History & geography

History

The municipality arose in the late 19th century by a merge of Dolná Bátka (Alsóbátka) and Horná Bátka (Felsöbátka). The two villages formed one common village (Batka) before the mid-14th century, as well. In historical records, Dolná Bátka was first mentioned in 1294 (Bathka). It belonged to the Kállay noble family in the 15th and 16th century. Horná Bátka arose in 1294 (as a part of Dolná Batka) as a royal donation to the knight Tumpold Krispin. In 1411 it passed to local landowners Bátky.From 1938 to 1944 it belonged to Hungary.

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Geography

Latitude

48.3808

Longitude

20.1688

Water area

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

Slovak mathematician (1936–1993)

Lajos Pósa

(1850–1914) Hungarian writer and poet

Ábrahám Bodon

Hungarian politician (1810–1871)

István Bényei

István Bényei

Hungarian actor

Oszkár Fery

Hungarian Gendarme (1860-1919)

Mihály Forgon

Hungarian writer, literary translator from Slovakia (1931-2017)

Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris

calvinist priest, theologian, linguist, jurist

László Stubendek

Mária Széchy

daughter-in-law of Stephen Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania

Hungarian midwife, poet (c. 1758-after 1810)

Ferenc Vályi Nagy

Hungarian writer, poet, translator (1765–1820)

Jarmila Štítnická

Ludoviko Györy Nagy

Hungarian Esperantist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.28

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,198

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

43

Avg daily Wikipedia views

1

Attention level

Obscure

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Recently spotted species

Tessellated Water Snake

Tessellated Water Snake

Natrix tessellata

Seen 2026-09-24

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-23

European Mantis

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

European Stag Beetle

European Stag Beetle

Seen 2026-09-19

Cornelian cherry

Cornelian cherry

Seen 2026-09-19

wood spurge

Euphorbia amygdaloides

Seen 2026-09-19

dyer's gall

Andricus infectorius

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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