Bystričany

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Bystričany

Total population

1,814

Founded

1388

Elevation239 m

Land area37.61 km²

Coordinates48.66°, 18.52°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bystričany is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

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

F

František Laurinec

Slovak football administrator (born 1951)

F

Ferenc Csanády

Hungarian non-fiction writer and clerk (1815–1861)

B

Branislav Obžera

Slovak soccer player

A

András Géczi

Hungarian teacher

M

Mór Kosztolányi

(1806–1884)

J

József Laszlovszky

A

Adolf Majthényi

Flóra Majthényi

poet (1837-1915)

V

Viktor Szokoly

Hungarian journalist

B

Béla Tagányi

G

Gusztáv Tarnóczy

Hungarian politician (1835-1907)

M

Menyhért Tarnóczy

I

István Tarnóczy

Catholic priest and Catholic friar (1626–1689)

Adrián Guľa

Slovak association football player and coach

E

Eduard Nécsey

Slovak roman catholic archbishop (1892–1968)

M

Milan Mujkoš

Slovak footballer

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

Nearby places in Trenčín

• Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom
  1.6 mi away · pop. 1,844
• Zemianske Kostoľany
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,703
• Čereňany
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,757
• Oslany
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,315
• Horná Ves
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,277
• Nováky
  4.1 mi away · pop. 4,427
• Pažiť
  4.2 mi away · pop. 408
• Malé Kršteňany
  4.4 mi away · pop. 508
• Nitrica
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,241
• Lehota pod Vtáčnikom
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,844
• Veľké Kršteňany
  4.9 mi away · pop. 622
• Radobica
  5.1 mi away · pop. 559

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

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-14

Light Emerald

Campaea margaritaria

Seen 2026-09-09

Barred Sallow

Tiliacea aurago

Seen 2026-09-08

Heath-rose

Fumana procumbens

Seen 2026-09-07

Ploughman's-spikenard

Pentanema squarrosum

Seen 2026-09-07

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-04

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-04

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-08-28

Asarabacca

Asarum europaeum

Seen 2026-08-28

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