Bojná

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Bojná

Total population

2,011

Founded

1424

Elevation202 m

Land area33.81 km²

Coordinates48.58°, 18.06°

Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bojná is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. The village has a population of 2013 people. The main landmark is the Catholic Church of All Saints built in 1787. Opposite the church stands synagogue, later turned community center then car repair and nowadays a bar. The village stretches about 4 km along river Bojnianka which continues through villages of Veľké Dvorany, Urmince and Chrabrany before emptying into the Nitra river, itself a tributary of the Danube.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

G

Gabriela Sedláková

Slovak athletics competitor

Ľubomír Hurtaj

Slovak ice hockey player

Ľubomír Višňovský

Slovak ice hockey player

Ľ

Ľubor Kresák

Slovak astronomist and university educator (1927–1994)

B

Boris Peškovič

Slovak soccer player and soccer coach

R

Rudolf Vrba

Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)

M

Mihály Adamkovics

Artúr Harmat

composer (1885–1962)

Miroslav Šatan

Slovak ice hockey player

Jozef Marko

Slovak footballer (1923–1996)

J

János Aranyosy

Hungarian poet (1781-1810)

J

János Csippék

Hungarian pharmacist

Matúš Mikuš

Slovak soccer player

B

Baruch Eckfeld

Géza Gorka

Hungarian ceramicist (1895-1971)

F

Ferenc Komlóssy

Hungarian politician (1853-1915)

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

Nearby places in Nitra

• Veľké Dvorany
  1.4 mi away · pop. 671
• Blesovce
  1.5 mi away · pop. 377
• Lipovník
  2.1 mi away · pop. 334
• Tesáre
  2.2 mi away · pop. 709
• Kuzmice
  2.3 mi away · pop. 724
• Vozokany
  3 mi away · pop. 341
• Hajná Nová Ves
  3 mi away · pop. 330
• Krtovce
  3.2 mi away · pop. 301
• Nemčice
  3.4 mi away · pop. 950
• Horné Štitáre
  3.5 mi away · pop. 450
• Urmince
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,390
• Jacovce
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,829

Browse all places in Nitra →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-09-20

Springtime Dung Beetle

Trypocopris vernalis

Seen 2026-09-20

Chalkhill Blue

Polyommatus coridon

Seen 2026-09-20

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-20

Villa hottentotta

Villa hottentotta

Seen 2026-09-20

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-18

Dryad's Saddle

Cerioporus squamosus

Seen 2026-09-05

Aesculapian Snake

Zamenis longissimus

Seen 2026-08-25

Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Seen 2026-08-25

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