Hvozdnica

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Hvozdnica

Total population

1,167

Founded

1250

Elevation328 m

Land area8.73 km²

Coordinates49.21°, 18.49°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hvozdnica is a village and municipality in Bytča 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

Jozef Tiso

Slovak politician, priest and president of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945

J

Jozef Ignác Bajza

Slovak poet and writer

A

Adolf Hoffmann

Adolf Neubauer

Hungarian Jewish academic (1831 – 1907)

Štefan Tiso

Slovak minister of justice of the Slovakia, minister of foreign affairs of the Slovakia, prime minister of the Slovakia and lawyer (1897-1959)

D

Dominik Tatarka

Slovak writer (1913-1989)

Zuzana Smatanová

Slovak singer

P

Pál Benyovszky

György Csepellényi

L

Lőrinc Gály

J

Juraj Postek

Catholic priest

A

Alajos Lapónyi

B

Béla Lukácsy

Hungarian politician (1838-1881)

J

József Mallyó

Irena Ráček

Austrian painter

J

Jozef Urbanovský

Slovak presbyter (1793-1865)

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Predmier
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,364
• Maršová-Rašov
  2.4 mi away · pop. 786
• Štiavnik
  2.4 mi away · pop. 4,071
• Bytča
  3.3 mi away · pop. 11,600
• Petrovice
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,502
• Jablonové
  3.9 mi away · pop. 876
• Hlboké nad Váhom
  4.8 mi away · pop. 940
• Kolárovice
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,841
• Kotešová
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,952
• Súľov-Hradná
  5.5 mi away · pop. 935
• Hričovské Podhradie
  6.1 mi away · pop. 373
• Dolný Hričov
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,528

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

Deep-brown Dart

Aporophyla lutulenta

Seen 2026-09-21

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-09-20

Liverleaf

Hepatica nobilis

Seen 2026-09-20

Apricot Jelly

Guepinia helvelloides

Seen 2026-09-20

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

upright yellow woodsorrel

Oxalis stricta

Seen 2026-09-18

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-09-18

Blue Shield Bug

Zicrona caerulea

Seen 2026-09-17

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

Seen 2026-09-16

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