Podvysoká

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Podvysoká

Total population

1,265

Founded

1625

Elevation455 m

Land area5.61 km²

Coordinates49.41°, 18.67°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Podvysoká is a village and municipality in Čadca 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

Jozef Kroner

Slovak actor (1924-1998)

Anna Belousovová

Slovak politician

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Rastislav Michalík

Czechoslovak soccer player

Berthold Dominik Lippay

Austrian painter (1864–1919)

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Tódor Márton Klacskó

Hungarian priest, teacher

J

Jan Milan Krkoška

Slovak-Austrian sculptor (1939-2016)

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Andrej Cvinček

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, roman catholic priest and slovak nation politician

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Ferdinand Dvorín

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, publicist, union member and Slovak nation politician (1901-1970)

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František Gacík

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer, manager and Slovak nation politician

F

František Kalina

Czech minister of forestry and water of the CR, politician and regional politician

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Ladislav Roman

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician

Marko Gažík

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, lawyer, minister for law consolidation and organisation of Czechoslovak and slovak nation politician

Pavol Lukša

Member of Czech Parliament (2010–2013) and mayor

Elena Holičková

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Pavol Hrtus Jurina

Slovak writer (1919-1994)

R

Rudolf Cisarík

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Olešná
  1 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Staškov
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,739
• Turzovka
  2 mi away · pop. 7,754
• Dlhá nad Kysucou
  2.1 mi away
• Zákopčie
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,827
• Raková
  3.5 mi away · pop. 5,176
• Klokočov
  5.2 mi away · pop. 2,536
• Korňa
  5.5 mi away · pop. 2,017
• Čadca
  5.6 mi away · pop. 24,315
• Vysoká nad Kysucou
  5.8 mi away · pop. 2,904
• Ochodnica
  7.1 mi away · pop. 1,934
• Rudinská
  7.1 mi away · pop. 982

Browse all places in Žilina →

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

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-19

Deadly Nightshade

Atropa bella-donna

Seen 2026-09-18

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-18

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-18

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

Seen 2026-09-16

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-16

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-09-15

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