Čadca

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Čadca

Total population

24,315

Founded

1598

Elevation420 m

Land area56.79 km²

Coordinates49.44°, 18.79°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Čadca is a district town in northern Slovakia, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.

History & geography

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

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Zdeno Štrba

Slovak footballer

Jozef Ninis

Slovak luger

Jozef Kroner

Slovak actor (1924-1998)

R

Rastislav Michalík

Czechoslovak soccer player

Pavol Staňo

Slovak association football player and coach

A

Anton Toc̆ík

G

Géza Bene

painter (1900-1960)

Miroslav Barčík

Slovak soccer player

B

Boris Turčák

Slovak soccer player

Ján Palárik

Slovak Catholic priest, writer, playwright and publicist (1822-1870)

Patrícia Hmírová

Slovak association football player

Ľubomír Michalík

Slovak footballer

J

János Wenk

Hungarian water polo player

M

Marián Jarabica

Slovak soccer player

Ľ

Ľubomír Faktor

Slovak soccer player

Marek Hrivík

Slovak ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Raková
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,176
• Svrčinovec
  3 mi away · pop. 3,452
• Zákopčie
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,827
• Krásno nad Kysucou
  3.8 mi away · pop. 6,790
• Čierne
  4.1 mi away · pop. 4,402
• Oščadnica
  4.2 mi away · pop. 5,715
• Staškov
  4.4 mi away · pop. 2,739
• Olešná
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Zborov nad Bystricou
  5.5 mi away · pop. 2,275
• Dunajov
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,173
• Podvysoká
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,265
• Ochodnica
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,934

Browse all places in Žilina →

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

Hazel Dormouse

Muscardinus avellanarius

Seen 2026-09-27

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-19

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-18

Tree slug

Lehmannia marginata

Seen 2026-09-18

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-16

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-09-15

Dryad's Saddle

Cerioporus squamosus

Seen 2026-09-15

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