Málinec

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Málinec

Total population

1,454

Founded

1544

Elevation527 m

Land area50 km²

Coordinates48.50°, 19.68°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Málinec is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. It is located 13 km north of the district center. In the near o Málinec is water reservoir, which supplies several locations in Poltár District. The village is a starting point of the cycling event Novohradský cyklomaratón.

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

Sámuel Mikoviny

Slovak cartographer, engineer-surveyor, mathematician, astronomer and polymath

Bohuslav Tablic

(1769-1832)

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Jaroslav Vývlek

Slovak general

M

Michal Bakuľa

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of state control, minister of agriculture and slovak nation politician (1911-1983)

Dušan Poliačik

Slovak weightlifter

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Július Hanus

Czechoslovak minister of construction of the Slovakia, minister of construction and technic of the Slovakia, vice prime minister of Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer, minister of water and for

Július Ďuriš

Czechoslovak communist politician (1904–1986)

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Martin Kusý

Slovak architect (1916–1989)

M

Michal Falťan

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

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Samuel Falťan

Czechoslovak vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, historian and slovak nation politician (1920–1991)

E

Elena Várossová

F

František Dostalík

Slovak composer

F

František Kreutz

Slovak writer

F

František Rell

J

Július Kaličiak

K

Karol Horák

Slovak writer

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

Nearby places in Banská Bystrica

• Hradište
  1.9 mi away · pop. 275
• České Brezovo
  5.8 mi away · pop. 505
• Breznička
  5.9 mi away · pop. 795
• Točnica
  6.1 mi away · pop. 318
• Šoltýska
  6.5 mi away · pop. 141
• Zlatno
  6.5 mi away · pop. 500
• Veľká Ves
  8 mi away · pop. 413
• Píla
  8 mi away · pop. 280
• Hrnčiarska Ves
  9.3 mi away · pop. 991
• Selce
  9.5 mi away · pop. 104
• Pinciná
  10.2 mi away · pop. 247
• Lehota nad Rimavicou
  10.4 mi away · pop. 306

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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Recently spotted species

black-punctured leaf beetle

Galeruca tanaceti

Seen 2026-09-24

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-09-21

round-leaved sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-21

Oak Artichoke Gall Wasp

Andricus foecundatrix

Seen 2026-09-09

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-09

cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Seen 2026-09-09

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Seen 2026-09-09

Black snail beetle

Phosphuga atrata

Seen 2026-09-07

Silver Thistle

Carlina acaulis

Seen 2026-09-07

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