Hnúšťa

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Hnúšťa

Total population

7,471

Founded

1334

Elevation298 m

Land area68.05 km²

Coordinates48.58°, 19.95°

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

City facts

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Overview

Hnúšťa is a town and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. It is the birthplace of the well-known 19th-century Slovak writer and member of the Štúr generation, Ján Francisci-Rimavský. He is commemorated by a statue and a plaque near the town's main square.

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

O

Ondrej Antal

Slovak writer (1898-1981)

M

Milan Urbáni

Slovakian politician

J

Július Letňan

Ladislav Bartolomeides

Slovak polymath and preacher (1754-1825)

J

József Albert

Hungarian association football player (1912–1994)

M

Mátyás Bodó

Juraj Palkovič

Slovak poet, dramatic, publicist, politician, translator and writer

S

Sámuel Csernyánszky

(1759-1809)

Ján Francisci-Rimavský

Slovak politician and writer (1822-1905)

J

József Hörk

Hungarian evangelical church teacher and historian (1848-1910)

P

Péter Kubinyi

Hungarian lawyer

Kálmán Törs

politician (1843-1892)

Jan Cibula

(1932-2013)

Vladimír Hrivnák

Slovak footballer (1945-2014)

Ľ

Ľudovít Kaník

Slovak politician

Jozef Škultéty

Slovak linguist, literature historian, literature reviewer, publicist and translator (1853–1948)

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

Nearby places in Banská Bystrica

• Poproč
  3.7 mi away · pop. 18
• Kyjatice
  4.3 mi away · pop. 78
• Rovné
  4.5 mi away · pop. 147
• Potok
  4.7 mi away · pop. 42
• Krokava
  4.8 mi away · pop. 35
• Lehota nad Rimavicou
  4.9 mi away · pop. 306
• Lipovec
  5.4 mi away · pop. 71
• Lukovištia
  6.8 mi away · pop. 195
• Kociha
  6.9 mi away · pop. 210
• Sása
  7.2 mi away · pop. 145
• Zlatno
  7.5 mi away · pop. 500
• Rybník
  8.1 mi away · pop. 163

Browse all places in Banská Bystrica →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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