Lokca

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Lokca

Total population

2,216

Founded

1496

Elevation647 m

Land area24.2 km²

Coordinates49.37°, 19.41°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lokca is a village and municipality in Námestovo 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.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Sinai Schiffer

Rabbi of the Karlsruhe orthodox Israelite (1852–1923)

Eduard Goldstücker

Czech writer and university educator (1913-2000)

Martin Hamuljak

Slovak linguist

Jozef Kabaň

Slovak automobile designer

Anton Bernolák

Slovak linguist and roman catholic priest

Yohanan Friedmann

Israeli academic

I

Ivan Uhliarik

Slovak Minister of Health, doctor and politician

L

László Radó

Hungarian actor (1902-1977)

D

Dušan Tittel

Slovak footballer (born 1966)

Ervin Szabó

Anarcho-syndicalist social scientist and librarian

F

Fanny Türk

(1867–?) Hungarian writer and photographer

O

Ondrej Kutlik

Slovak weightlifter

Milan Čič

Czechoslovak minister of justice of the Slovakia, minister of interior of the Slovakia, vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia, member of Czechoslovak parliament, prime minister of Slovakia, politician, lawyer, constitutional judge (1932-2012)

J

Ján Herkeľ

Slovak lawyer and writer

E

Eduard Kosmel

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

Ignác Grebáč-Orlov

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, poet, translator, roman catholic priest and Slovak nation politician (1888-1957)

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Vasiľov
  1.6 mi away · pop. 784
• Ťapešovo
  1.7 mi away · pop. 641
• Oravská Jasenica
  1.8 mi away
• Breza
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,568
• Babín
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,415
• Vavrečka
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,357
• Krušetnica
  3.3 mi away · pop. 928
• Hruštín
  4 mi away · pop. 3,233
• Námestovo
  4.3 mi away · pop. 8,123
• Lomná
  4.7 mi away · pop. 811
• Podbiel
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,273
• Zákamenné
  5.4 mi away · pop. 5,072

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

Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

Seen 2026-09-27

False Chanterelle

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Seen 2026-09-27

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-23

common silverweed

Argentina anserina

Seen 2026-09-20

European dewberry

Rubus caesius

Seen 2026-09-20

Sun spurge

Euphorbia helioscopia

Seen 2026-09-20

garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Seen 2026-09-20

great stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Seen 2026-09-20

field penny-cress

Thlaspi arvense

Seen 2026-09-20

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