Heľpa

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Heľpa

Total population

2,890

Founded

1549

Elevation660 m

Land area41.7 km²

Coordinates48.86°, 19.97°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Heľpa is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central 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

M

Michal Chudík

Slovak diplomat and politician (1914–2005)

J

Jozef Kalman

Slovak politician

Mikuláš Ferjenčík

member of Czechoslovak national parliament, general and slovak nation politician

J

Jozef Ševc

politician

J

Juraj Turošík

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician (1924-2003)

A

Anna Randuskova

C

Ctibor Ján Handzo

Slovak writer (1906-1972)

F

František Krutel

J

Jozef Kemko

J

Ján Pohorelec

P

Paulin Lihán

Š

Štefan Lukáč

J

Ján Adam

Slovak economist and civil servant

J

Ján Barič

J

Ján Kotoč

Slovak university professor (1913-1981)

Ján Riapoš

Slovakian para table tennis player

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

Nearby places in Banská Bystrica

• Vaľkovňa
  4.9 mi away · pop. 365
• Revúcka Lehota
  16.3 mi away · pop. 315
• Krokava
  16.4 mi away · pop. 35
• Bystrá
  16.6 mi away · pop. 188
• Lubeník
  17.6 mi away · pop. 1,266
• Horná Lehota
  19.4 mi away · pop. 583
• Poproč
  19.6 mi away · pop. 18
• Rovné
  19.8 mi away · pop. 147
• Nandraž
  20.2 mi away · pop. 276
• Drábsko
  20.6 mi away · pop. 223
• Potok
  21.3 mi away · pop. 42
• Osrblie
  21.5 mi away · pop. 388

Browse all places in Banská Bystrica →

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

Sticky Sage

Salvia glutinosa

Seen 2026-09-21

marsh grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

Seen 2026-09-20

willow gentian

Gentiana asclepiadea

Seen 2026-09-20

marsh marigold

Caltha palustris

Seen 2026-09-20

great mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Seen 2026-09-20

common juniper

Juniperus communis

Seen 2026-09-15

Red Odontites

Odontites vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-15

Mountain Pansy

Viola lutea

Seen 2026-09-15

Adder

Vipera berus

Seen 2026-09-15

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