Prečín

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Prečín

Total population

1,396

Founded

1385

Elevation400 m

Land area17.63 km²

Coordinates49.08°, 18.52°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Prečín is a village and municipality in Považská Bystrica District in the Trenčín Region in North-Western 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

Ferdinand Ďurčanský

Slovak minister of labour and social affairs of the Slovakia, minister of justice of the Slovakia, minister of foreign affairs of the Slovakia, minister of health of the Slovakia and war criminal (1906-1974)

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Dominik Tatarka

Slovak writer (1913-1989)

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Sámuel Benyovszky

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János Csernyánszky

Hungarian writer

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Sámuel Csernyánszky

János Frivaldszky

Hungarian entomologist and ornithologist (1822-1895)

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Ödön Herzog

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Vladimír Kompánek

Slovak painter and sculptor (1927-2011)

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Andrej Škrábik

Slovak writer (1882-1950)

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Alojz Čmelo

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

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Josef Čerňanský

Czech member of Czech Parliament (2006–2010) and mayor

Juraj Ďurčanský

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Slovak nation politician (1873-1937)

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Andrej Černiansky

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Anton Dubec

Slovak mathematician (1906-1975)

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Cyril Gabriel Zaymus

Slovak writer and catholic priest (1843-1894)

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Etela Balgová-Harantová

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

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

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-27

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-25

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-25

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Seen 2026-09-25

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-09-20

Liverleaf

Hepatica nobilis

Seen 2026-09-20

Norway maple

Acer platanoides

Seen 2026-09-20

Apricot Jelly

Guepinia helvelloides

Seen 2026-09-20

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