Bojnice

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Bojnice

Total population

4,951

Founded

1113

Elevation291 m

Land area19.92 km²

Coordinates48.78°, 18.58°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bojnice is a historical town in western Slovakia located on the Nitra river, near the city of Prievidza. The town is situated just below the Bojnice Castle. It has a population of around 5,000.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Peter Michalík

Czech chess player of Slovak origin

Vavrinec Benedikt of Nedožery

Slovak poet, linguist, mathematician, translator, university educator and science writer (1555-1615)

Cornel Wilde

Hungarian-American actor and film director

E

Ede Bulla

J

Jenő Tamás Gömöri

chess player, poet (1890–1967)

György Mikes

Hungarian humorist (1929–1986)

J

János Romhányi

Hungarian archivist (1865–1918)

E

Ernő Szolcsányi

L

Lenka Lomnička

Slovak association football player

Š

Štefan Uher

Czechoslovak director (1930–1993)

František Kubík

Slovak footballer

Ladislav Petráš

Slovak footballer

V

Vítězslav Priehoda

chess player

M

Marián Štrbák

Slovak footballer

Patrik Hrošovský

Slovak association football player

Š

Štefan Pekár

Slovak soccer player

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

Nearby places in Trenčín

• Opatovce nad Nitrou
  1.1 mi away · pop. 1,446
• Kocurany
  1.9 mi away · pop. 422
• Prievidza
  2 mi away · pop. 50,919
• Kanianka
  2.5 mi away · pop. 3,994
• Šútovce
  2.5 mi away · pop. 428
• Koš
  3 mi away · pop. 1,081
• Lazany
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,583
• Poruba
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,270
• Dlžín
  3.8 mi away · pop. 182
• Nedožery-Brezany
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,072
• Sebedražie
  4 mi away · pop. 1,734
• Diviaky nad Nitricou
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,795

Browse all places in Trenčín →

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

The Satellite

Eupsilia transversa

Seen 2026-09-15

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-09-15

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Seen 2026-09-15

Short-tailed Blue

Everes argiades

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-15

Sooty Copper

Lycaena tityrus

Seen 2026-09-15

Feathered Gothic

Tholera decimalis

Seen 2026-09-14

Light Emerald

Campaea margaritaria

Seen 2026-09-09

Barred Sallow

Tiliacea aurago

Seen 2026-09-08

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