Snežnica

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Snežnica

Total population

1,033

Founded

1426

Elevation404 m

Land area5.51 km²

Coordinates49.26°, 18.79°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Snežnica is a village and municipality in Kysucké Nové Mesto District in the Žilina Region of northern 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

F

František Šádek

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, general and Slovak nation politician (1921-2015)

H

Helena Blehárová

Czech singer

I

Ivan Polanský

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician (1936-2015)

Ivan Vojnár

Czech cameraman and director

J

Jindřich Pazdera

Czech violinist and music educator

J

Jozef Kubinyi

Czech physician and politician

J

Jozef Vrabec

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

J

Juraj Mintál

Slovak soccer player

J

Ján Kempný

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

J

Ján Krajčík

Czechoslovak tennis player

J

Ján Lenčo

Slovak writer (1933-2012)

J

Július Tatár

K

Karol Honner

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer and Slovak nation politician

K

Karol Konárik

Slovak singer

L

Ladislav Hrubý

Slovak publicist and writer

Lukáš Cingeľ

Slovak ice hockey player

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

Rusty Wave

Idaea inquinata

Seen 2026-09-24

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Seen 2026-09-23

fluted bird's nest fungus

Cyathus striatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Dead Moll's Fingers

Xylaria longipes

Seen 2026-09-23

Conifercone Cap

Baeospora myosura

Seen 2026-09-23

The Brick

Sunira circellaris

Seen 2026-09-22

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-22

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-22

Deep-brown Dart

Aporophyla lutulenta

Seen 2026-09-21

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