Kokava nad Rimavicou

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Kokava nad Rimavicou

Total population

3,095

Founded

1481

Elevation329 m

Land area66.27 km²

Coordinates48.57°, 19.84°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kokava nad Rimavicou is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. The village is located in the Stolica Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Kokava in the past had been center for regional glass production. In the 20th century were established two paper mills, a potash workshop and a steam timber, although they went through a recession recently. Nearby holiday location Kokava-Línia offers several chalets and cottages used mainly by winter skiers.

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

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

A

Antónia Petrusová

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

Darina Bancíková

Czechoslovak writer

E

Emil Horváth Sr.

Slovak actor

Vladimír Mináč

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, writer and slovak nation politician (1922-1996)

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

Nearby places in Banská Bystrica

• Zlatno
  3.9 mi away · pop. 500
• Šoltýska
  4.3 mi away · pop. 141
• Lehota nad Rimavicou
  4.9 mi away · pop. 306
• České Brezovo
  6.5 mi away · pop. 505
• Hradište
  7.6 mi away · pop. 275
• Kociha
  7.9 mi away · pop. 210
• Selce
  8.1 mi away · pop. 104
• Kyjatice
  8.3 mi away · pop. 78
• Poproč
  8.8 mi away · pop. 18
• Krokava
  9.4 mi away · pop. 35
• Potok
  9.7 mi away · pop. 42
• Rovné
  9.7 mi away · pop. 147

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

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-09-21

round-leaved sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-21

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-09-19

horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Copris lunaris

Copris lunaris

Seen 2026-09-13

English oak

Quercus robur

Seen 2026-09-11

Black snail beetle

Phosphuga atrata

Seen 2026-09-07

Silver Thistle

Carlina acaulis

Seen 2026-09-07

common bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Seen 2026-09-07

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