Ožďany

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Ožďany

Total population

1,565

Founded

1332

Elevation213 m

Land area37.17 km²

Coordinates48.38°, 19.89°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ožďany is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

G

György Bahil

Eduard Kojnok

Roman Catholic bishop (1933–2011)

Julianna Géczy

woman of Hungary (1680-1714)

L

Lajos Rhédey

Hungarian politician (1761-1831)

G

Gabriel Altmann

Slovak & German linguist (1931-2020)

Květa Fialová

Czech actress (1929-2017)

Michal Miloslav Bakulíny

Slovak teacher

Vladimír Krno

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament, lawyer and Slovak nation politician (1874-1955)

F

Ferenc Alabán

Hungarian literary critic (born: 1951)

I

Igor Teplan

J

Janka Klincková

J

Ján Glosius

Hungarian writer

V

Valent Demeter

V

Viktor Magic

politician (1911-1970)

Z

Zdenko Kasáč

Z

Zoltán Jakuš

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

Nearby places in Banská Bystrica

• Hrnčiarska Ves
  4.1 mi away · pop. 991
• Selce
  5.5 mi away · pop. 104
• Pinciná
  6.3 mi away · pop. 247
• Boľkovce
  6.4 mi away · pop. 653
• Kociha
  7.4 mi away · pop. 210
• Breznička
  7.8 mi away · pop. 795
• Holiša
  8.1 mi away · pop. 660
• České Brezovo
  8.2 mi away · pop. 505
• Biskupice
  9.2 mi away · pop. 1,146
• Pavlovce
  9.3 mi away · pop. 344
• Lehota nad Rimavicou
  9.5 mi away · pop. 306
• Jesenské
  9.7 mi away · pop. 2,266

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

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-23

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-18

Copse-bindweed

Fallopia dumetorum

Seen 2026-09-16

prickly cucumber

Echinocystis lobata

Seen 2026-09-16

Fluttering Elm

Ulmus laevis

Seen 2026-09-16

Cherry Gall Wasp

Cynips quercusfolii

Seen 2026-09-16

Knopper Gall Wasp

Andricus quercuscalicis

Seen 2026-09-16

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-16

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