Margecany

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Margecany

Total population

2,000

Founded

1235

Elevation336 m

Land area17.61 km²

Coordinates48.89°, 21.01°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Margecany is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Total municipality population was, in 2011, 1964 inhabitants. Margecany is a very important railway junction situated on the main railway corridor connecting Košice with Žilina and Bratislava. Ružín reservoir regulates rivers Hornád and Hnilec. Technical attraction is the Bujanov tunnel.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gusztáv Gratz

Hungarian politician (1875-1946)

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Štefan Svitek

Czechoslovak basketball player (born 1966)

František Kašický

Slovak minister of defence of the Slovenska and politician

M

Mihály Bajusz

Juraj Jakubisko

Slovak director (1938–2023)

G

Gusztáv Faller

S

Sámuel Fux

O

Ottó Gratz

Hungarian veterinarian (1879-1956)

J

József Hamrák

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Ladislav Ščurko

Slovak ice hockey player

Michal Sersen

Slovak ice hockey player

Peter Hricko

Slovak soccer player

M

Marián Kello

Slovak soccer player

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Július Toček

Czechoslovak rower (1939–2004)

J

József Andrásovszky

Hungarian botanist (1889–1943)

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Vladimír Petruška

Slovak theater director and actor

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

Nearby places in Košice

• Jaklovce
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,947
• Veľký Folkmar
  2.5 mi away · pop. 909
• Kluknava
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,646
• Žakarovce
  4.1 mi away · pop. 733
• Malá Lodina
  5.5 mi away · pop. 190
• Hrišovce
  5.8 mi away · pop. 302
• Krompachy
  6.4 mi away · pop. 8,809
• Kaľava
  7.1 mi away · pop. 441
• Kolinovce
  7.6 mi away · pop. 578
• Slovinky
  7.7 mi away
• Helcmanovce
  7.8 mi away · pop. 1,528
• Vojkovce
  8 mi away · pop. 453

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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