Gbeľany

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Gbeľany

Total population

1,244

Founded

1362

Elevation361 m

Land area7.13 km²

Coordinates49.21°, 18.85°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gbeľany is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern 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 Šádek

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, general and Slovak nation politician (1921-2015)

H

Helena Blehárová

Czech singer

I

Ivan Polanský

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician (1936-2015)

Ivan Vojnár

Czech cameraman and director

J

Jindřich Pazdera

Czech violinist and music educator

J

Jozef Kubinyi

Czech physician and politician

J

Jozef Vrabec

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

J

Juraj Mintál

Slovak soccer player

J

Ján Kempný

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

J

Ján Krajčík

Czechoslovak tennis player

J

Ján Lenčo

Slovak writer (1933-2012)

J

Július Tatár

K

Karol Honner

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer and Slovak nation politician

K

Karol Konárik

Slovak singer

L

Ladislav Hrubý

Slovak publicist and writer

Lukáš Cingeľ

Slovak ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Nededza
  0.8 mi away · pop. 933
• Varín
  1.3 mi away · pop. 3,552
• Mojš
  1.5 mi away · pop. 465
• Krasňany
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,210
• Strečno
  1.9 mi away · pop. 2,554
• Nezbudská Lúčka
  2.5 mi away · pop. 366
• Teplička nad Váhom
  2.6 mi away · pop. 3,525
• Kotrčiná Lúčka
  2.7 mi away · pop. 517
• Dolná Tižina
  3 mi away · pop. 1,383
• Stráža
  3 mi away · pop. 684
• Stráňavy
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,822
• Dolný Vadičov
  3.7 mi away · pop. 454

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

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-27

Willow Beauty

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Angle Shades

Phlogophora meticulosa

Seen 2026-09-26

The Delicate

Mythimna vitellina

Seen 2026-09-25

The Brick

Sunira circellaris

Seen 2026-09-25

Silver Υ

Autographa gamma

Seen 2026-09-24

Rusty Wave

Idaea inquinata

Seen 2026-09-24

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Seen 2026-09-23

fluted bird's nest fungus

Cyathus striatus

Seen 2026-09-23

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