Smižany

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Smižany

Total population

8,526

Founded

1254

Elevation479 m

Land area45.7 km²

Coordinates48.96°, 20.52°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Smižany is a large village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.

History & geography

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

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

F

Félix Máriássy

Hungarian filmmaker (1919–1975)

Ján Nálepka

Slovak officer and partisan commander (1912–1943)

F

František Hossa

Slovak ice hockey player and coach

M

Miksa Glósz

Sándor Máriássy

Hungarian theologian (1689-1755)

Ágoston Tersztyánszky

Hungarian soldier

Štefan Hoza

Slovak music educator, opera singer, lyricist and singer (1906–1982)

Gyula Tornai

Hungarian painter (1861-1928)

A

Albert Brnčal

A

Anton Kret

Slovak writer

J

Jozef Brandobur

J

Jozef Štrauch

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, architect and Slovak nation politician

Ferenc Balássy

Hungarian historian, church historian and Catholic priest (1821-1896)

E

Emil Jurkovich

literary, philologist, writer, literary translator, teacher, local historian and historian (1857–1936)

E

Emil Makovický

painter (1908-1986)

J

Jozef Telgársky

Slovak writer (1919-1998)

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

Nearby places in Košice

• Arnutovce
  1.9 mi away · pop. 647
• Spišská Nová Ves
  2.1 mi away · pop. 38,257
• Harichovce
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,786
• Letanovce
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,112
• Lieskovany
  4.2 mi away · pop. 279
• Teplička
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,138
• Danišovce
  4.5 mi away · pop. 509
• Hrabušice
  5.2 mi away · pop. 2,288
• Markušovce
  5.4 mi away · pop. 3,738
• Odorín
  5.4 mi away · pop. 921
• Jamník
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,094
• Matejovce nad Hornádom
  7.3 mi away

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

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-09-19

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-13

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-09-12

Faustina faustina

Faustina faustina

Seen 2026-09-12

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

Seen 2026-09-10

Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima

Seen 2026-09-10

Sea Milkwort

Lysimachia maritima

Seen 2026-09-10

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-09

Woolly Thistle

Lophiolepis eriophora

Seen 2026-09-09

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