Brezová pod Bradlom

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Brezová pod Bradlom

Total population

5,419

Founded

1262

Elevation265 m

Land area41.08 km²

Coordinates48.66°, 17.54°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Brezová pod Bradlom is a town in the Myjava District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia, at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians, in the Myjavské Kopanice region.

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

Štefan Janšák

Slovak writer, archaeologist and diplomat (1886-1972)

Milan Rastislav Štefánik

Slovak politician, diplomat, French Army general and astronomer (1880-1919)

Á

Ádám Adamovich

Hungarian journalist (1827-1886)

P

Pavol Jonáš

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician (1925-2008)

Dušan Jurkovič

Slovak architect (1868-1947)

Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský

Slovak poet, publicist, politician and writer (1847-1916)

Moshe Schick

Hungarian rabbi (1807–1879)

Štefan Osuský

Czechoslovak diplomat, politician, lawyer and Slovak nation politician (1899–1973)

Samuel Jurkovič

Slovak teacher (1796–1873)

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Jaroslav Masrna

Czechoslovak soccer player

Emanuel Lehocký

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

František Čuba

Czech senator of Czech Parliament and agonomist (1936-2019)

I

Ivan Štefánik

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, lawyer and Slovak nation politician (1889–1979)

Ján Papánek

Czechoslovak diplomat and legioneer (1896–1991)

J

Ján Rak

Slovak poet and writer (1915-1969)

J

Jozef Kvetoslav Holub

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

Nearby places in Trenčín

• Košariská
  2.8 mi away · pop. 419
• Bukovec
  3.4 mi away
• Priepasné
  3.5 mi away · pop. 340
• Polianka
  4.6 mi away · pop. 380
• Jablonka
  5.5 mi away · pop. 494
• Podkylava
  6.2 mi away · pop. 241
• Myjava
  6.5 mi away · pop. 12,652
• Krajné
  7.4 mi away · pop. 1,625
• Rudník
  8.3 mi away · pop. 780
• Hrašné
  8.5 mi away · pop. 494
• Poriadie
  8.5 mi away · pop. 672
• Brestovec
  8.9 mi away · pop. 937

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

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-18

Magpie Inkcap

Coprinopsis picacea

Seen 2026-09-18

great mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Seen 2026-09-18

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-17

metallic horned dung beetle

Onthophagus coenobita

Seen 2026-09-13

Onthophagus fracticornis

Onthophagus fracticornis

Seen 2026-09-13

Coprimorphus scrutator

Coprimorphus scrutator

Seen 2026-09-12

Copris lunaris

Copris lunaris

Seen 2026-09-12

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