Salka

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Salka

Total population

1,037

Founded

1252

Elevation110 m

Land area26.03 km²

WeatherAvg high 60.7°F

Coordinates47.89°, 18.75°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Salka is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Kornel Saláta

Slovak footballer

J

Juraj Bartusz

Slovak sculptor and artist (1933–2025)

Mihály Bozóky

Hungarian cantor and writer

V

Valér Bády

I

Izidor János Bády

Hungarian priest (1820-1885)

Ferenc Csepreghy

Hungarian writer, poet (1842–1880)

Miklós Szilvásy

Hungarian wrestler (1925–1969)

G

Győző Drozdy

Hungarian politician (1885-1970)

Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi

Hungarian psychologist (1888–1971)

G

Gáspár Ipoly

Hungarian Catholic priest (1706-1762)

J

János Pereszlényi

Zoltán Pázmány

Hungarian Esperantist, legal scholar and lawyer (1869-1948)

Anna Ratkó

Hungarian politician (1903-1981)

L

Lajos Turczel

Slovak university teacher

I

Imre Varga

G

Gejza Csákvári

Slovak association football player

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

Nearby places in Nitra

• Bajtava
  2.2 mi away · pop. 382
• Leľa
  2.2 mi away · pop. 390
• Malé Kosihy
  2.6 mi away · pop. 376
• Pavlová
  3.8 mi away · pop. 259
• Malá nad Hronom
  4.1 mi away · pop. 402
• Kamenica nad Hronom
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,361
• Sikenička
  4.6 mi away · pop. 459
• Kamenný Most
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,065
• Kamenín
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,516
• Chľaba
  5.3 mi away · pop. 708
• Nána
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,197
• Pastovce
  5.7 mi away · pop. 539

Browse all places in Nitra →

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

horse-chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Seen 2026-09-24

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-24

Marsh Tit

Poecile palustris

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Seen 2026-09-24

Copris lunaris

Copris lunaris

Seen 2026-09-24

black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Seen 2026-09-23

Slender Parasol

Macrolepiota mastoidea

Seen 2026-09-23

Little-leaf Linden

Tilia cordata

Seen 2026-09-23

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