Prakovce

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Prakovce

Total population

3,420

Founded

1368

Elevation390 m

Land area31.91 km²

Coordinates48.82°, 20.90°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Prakovce is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Total municipality population was in 2011 3397 inhabitants

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Gusztáv Gratz

Hungarian politician (1875-1946)

Š

Štefan Svitek

Czechoslovak basketball player (born 1966)

František Kašický

Slovak minister of defence of the Slovenska and politician

M

Mihály Bajusz

Juraj Jakubisko

Slovak director (1938–2023)

G

Gusztáv Faller

S

Sámuel Fux

O

Ottó Gratz

Hungarian veterinarian (1879-1956)

J

József Miklóssy

Hungarian painter (1792-1841)

J

János Sarlay

teacher (1823-1898)

Karl Slover

American actor (1918-2011)

L

Ladislav Ščurko

Slovak ice hockey player

Michal Sersen

Slovak ice hockey player

Peter Hricko

Slovak soccer player

M

Marián Kello

Slovak soccer player

J

József Andrásovszky

Hungarian botanist (1889–1943)

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

Nearby places in Košice

• Helcmanovce
  1.6 mi away · pop. 1,528
• Žakarovce
  4.4 mi away · pop. 733
• Slovinky
  5 mi away
• Jaklovce
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,947
• Veľký Folkmar
  5.9 mi away · pop. 909
• Zlatá Idka
  6.6 mi away · pop. 340
• Krompachy
  6.8 mi away · pop. 8,809
• Margecany
  7.4 mi away · pop. 2,000
• Kluknava
  7.5 mi away · pop. 1,646
• Richnava
  7.6 mi away · pop. 2,318
• Kolinovce
  7.9 mi away · pop. 578
• Medzev
  8.1 mi away · pop. 3,846

Browse all places in Košice →

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

Beautiful marbled

Eublemma purpurina

Seen 2026-09-09

Blue Ground Beetle

Carabus intricatus

Seen 2026-08-31

Scarce Copper

Lycaena virgaureae

Seen 2026-08-31

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-08-30

Meadow Crane's-bill

Geranium pratense

Seen 2026-08-30

Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Seen 2026-08-27

Berry Catchfly

Silene baccifera

Seen 2026-08-27

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

Seen 2026-08-26

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-08-26

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