Švedlár

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Švedlár

Total population

2,026

Founded

1255

Elevation482 m

Land area84.49 km²

Coordinates48.81°, 20.71°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Švedlár is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Total municipality population was, in 2011, 2083 inhabitants. The town predominantly consisted of Carpathian Germans until 1945, when they were expelled.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

O

Orbán Czelder

Hungarian soldier (1674–1717)

Jenő Gáspár

Hungarian actor (1843–1905)

Nándor Klug

Hungarian physician (1845–1909)

L

Lajos Bernát Kumorovitz

Hungarian historian (1900–1992)

Antal Ruprecht

Hungarian chemist (1748–1818)

J

János Sarlay

teacher (1823-1898)

Vilmos Sóltz

P

Peter Mulík

Austrian historian

V

Vojtech Tkáč

Slovak politician

J

Július Slivenský

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician

A

Augustín Scholtz

Hungarian mathematician

E

Eduard Daits

F

Florián Klimkovič

Slovak painter (1756-1826)

E

Endre Schirgl

Ferdinand Klein

German university teacher

Gábor Corzan Avendano

mathematician, philosopher (1827–1903)

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

Nearby places in Košice

• Stará Voda
  1.9 mi away · pop. 227
• Mníšek nad Hnilcom
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,676
• Henclová
  5.5 mi away · pop. 112
• Smolnícka Huta
  5.5 mi away · pop. 481
• Závadka
  5.6 mi away · pop. 606
• Smolník
  5.9 mi away
• Hnilčík
  7 mi away · pop. 550
• Matejovce nad Hornádom
  7.4 mi away
• Slovinky
  7.6 mi away
• Úhorná
  7.6 mi away · pop. 149
• Chrasť nad Hornádom
  7.9 mi away · pop. 802
• Vítkovce
  8 mi away · pop. 544

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

September Thorn

Ennomos erosaria

Seen 2026-09-18

Beech-green Carpet

Colostygia olivata

Seen 2026-09-18

Tiliacea sulphurago

Tiliacea sulphurago

Seen 2026-09-09

Pale Stigma

Mesogona acetosellae

Seen 2026-09-09

Beautiful marbled

Eublemma purpurina

Seen 2026-09-09

Ash Shoulder-knot

Scotochrosta pulla

Seen 2026-09-09

Idia calvaria

Idia calvaria

Seen 2026-09-09

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-09

The Sorcerer

Aedia leucomelas

Seen 2026-09-09

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