Podbiel

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Podbiel

Total population

1,273

Founded

1564

Elevation559 m

Land area19.29 km²

Coordinates49.31°, 19.49°

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

City facts

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Overview

Podbiel is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It contains a beautiful set of traditional wooden cottages, which have been declared a folk architecture preservation area.

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

Eduard Goldstücker

Czech writer and university educator (1913-2000)

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Darina Laščiaková

Slovak singer

Zdenka Cecília Schelingová

Slovak martyr (1916-1955)

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Ferenc Abaffy

Hungarian politician (1732-1817)

Martin Hamuljak

Slovak linguist

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Alojz Habovštiak

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Severín Škultéty

Slovak writer, priest and teacher (1550-1600)

József Sperlágh

Hungarian archaeologist, pharmacist and political activist (1829-1892)

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Johannes Sinapius

Slovak protestant clergy (1625-1682)

Albert Škarvan

Slovak Esperantist, writer and science writer (1869-1926)

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Adolf Rosenzweig

German rabbi (1850-1918)

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Ján Herkeľ

Slovak lawyer and writer

František Paňák

Slovak translator and roman catholic priest (1908-1997)

Andrej Kavuljak

Slovak historian

Ján Kovalik

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament, educator, regional politician and slovak nation politician

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Mária Medvecká

Slovak painter (1914-1987)

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Nižná
  1.6 mi away · pop. 4,048
• Krivá
  1.7 mi away · pop. 806
• Dlhá nad Oravou
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,402
• Oravský Biely Potok
  3.4 mi away · pop. 630
• Tvrdošín
  3.6 mi away · pop. 9,401
• Sedliacka Dubová
  4.1 mi away · pop. 507
• Štefanov nad Oravou
  4.6 mi away · pop. 633
• Ťapešovo
  4.9 mi away · pop. 641
• Babín
  5 mi away · pop. 1,415
• Lokca
  5.3 mi away · pop. 2,216
• Horná Lehota
  5.3 mi away · pop. 528
• Vasiľov
  5.4 mi away · pop. 784

Browse all places in Žilina →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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