Považany

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Považany

Total population

1,322

Coordinates48.71°, 17.85°

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

Overview

Považany is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Miklós Bercsényi

Hungarian noble and military general

József Marek

Hungarian scientist (1868–1952)

J

János Földesi

A

Anton Kotzig

Canadian mathematician (1919–1991)

P

Pál Forgách

Roman Catholic bishop

László Mednyánszky

Hungarian artist, painter (1852-1919)

Alexander Rudnay

Slovak cardinal and roman catholic archbishop (1760–1831)

Ferenc III Nádasdy

(1622/23–1671) politician

Dionýs Štúr

Slovak geologist (1827-1893)

Jozef Miloslav Hurban

Slovak writer, journalist, politician, and protestant priest (1817-1888)

G

György Foglár

(1670–1754)

Sándor Cézár Mednyánszky

Hungarian Catholic priest and military chaplain and politician (1824-1857)

L

László Ocskay

I

István Sándor

Hungarian writer (1750–1815)

M

Márton Tarnóczi

Milan Ivana

Slovak soccer player

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

Nearby places in Trenčín

• Potvorice
  1.3 mi away · pop. 575
• Hrádok
  1.8 mi away · pop. 620
• Hôrka nad Váhom
  2.2 mi away · pop. 685
• Brunovce
  2.4 mi away · pop. 557
• Nová Ves nad Váhom
  2.6 mi away · pop. 541
• Čachtice
  2.7 mi away · pop. 3,691
• Kočovce
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,395
• Častkovce
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,036
• Horná Streda
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,256
• Lúka
  3.8 mi away · pop. 594
• Nové Mesto nad Váhom
  3.9 mi away · pop. 20,505
• Podolie
  4 mi away · pop. 2,033

Browse all places in Trenčín →

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

Red horse-chestnut

Aesculus × carnea

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-26

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-26

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-09-26

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-26

Linden gall midge

Didymomyia tiliacea

Seen 2026-09-26

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-26

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-26

Poplar Spiral Gall Aphid

Pemphigus spyrothecae

Seen 2026-09-26

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