Oravská Lesná

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Oravská Lesná

Total population

3,204

Founded

1588

Elevation780 m

Land area65.63 km²

Coordinates49.37°, 19.19°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oravská Lesná 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.

Notable people from here

Yohanan Friedmann

Israeli academic

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)

Ján Vojtaššák

Slovak bishop, Nazi collaborator (1877–1965)

R

Róbert Chocholáček

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician

Rudolf Jurolek

Slovak journalist

J

Ján Oparty

Slovak film director

M

Milan Holubčík

E

Emil Antušák

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

Recently spotted species

Common Butterwort

Pinguicula vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-25

Red Odontites

Odontites vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Tufted Vetch Aphid

Aphis craccae

Seen 2026-09-23

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Seen 2026-09-23

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-23

Wall hawkweed

Hieracium murorum

Seen 2026-09-20

Red-banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Seen 2026-09-20

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-20

Black Tar Spot

Rhytisma acerinum

Seen 2026-09-20

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