Ruská Nová Ves

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Ruská Nová Ves

Total population

1,036

Founded

1423

Elevation418 m

Land area12.57 km²

Coordinates48.98°, 21.32°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ruská Nová Ves is a village and municipality in Prešov District in the Prešov Region of eastern 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

Theodor Fuchs

Austrian geologist and paleontologist (1842–1925)

Marek Zagrapan

Slovak ice hockey player

Katarína Knechtová

Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ágost Greguss

Hungarian philosopher (1825–1882)

Juraj Kukura

Slovak actor and singer

Peter Hlinka

Slovak footballer

Martin Jakubko

Slovak footballer

I

Iris Szeghy

composer

L

Leopold Lahola

Slovak film director, screenwriter and writer (1918-1968)

T

Tomáš Bulík

Slovak ice hockey player

Gyula Greguss

Lutheran schoolmaster, natural scientist, literary translator (1829-1869)

Andrei Glanzmann

Romanian footballer (1907-1988)

A

Anton Tomko

Slovak ice hockey player (born 1963)

Vladislav Baláž

ice hockey player

Pál Maléter

Hungarian soldier, Minister of Defence (1917-1958)

Pavol Peter Gojdič

Greek Catholic Basilian monk (1888-1960)

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

Nearby places in Prešov

• Podhradík
  2.1 mi away · pop. 363
• Kokošovce
  2.3 mi away · pop. 684
• Záborské
  2.8 mi away · pop. 538
• Haniska
  4.2 mi away · pop. 593
• Trnkov
  4.3 mi away · pop. 220
• Zlatá Baňa
  4.7 mi away · pop. 418
• Lada
  4.9 mi away · pop. 834
• Kendice
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,724
• Nemcovce
  5.7 mi away · pop. 456
• Lipníky
  6 mi away
• Pavlovce
  6.3 mi away · pop. 738
• Malý Šariš
  6.8 mi away · pop. 1,423

Browse all places in Prešov →

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

Common Sunburst Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Seen 2026-09-26

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-09-21

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-20

Great Willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

Seen 2026-09-18

dwarf mallow

Malva neglecta

Seen 2026-09-18

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-16

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-16

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-15

European water-horehound

Lycopus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-15

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