Svrčinovec

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Svrčinovec

Total population

3,452

Founded

1658

Elevation432 m

Land area15.74 km²

Coordinates49.48°, 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

Svrčinovec is a village and municipality in Čadca 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

Zdeno Štrba

Slovak footballer

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Rastislav Michalík

Czechoslovak soccer player

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Anton Toc̆ík

Ján Palárik

Slovak Catholic priest, writer, playwright and publicist (1822-1870)

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Olga Lašová

Slovak association football player

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Ladislav Pecko

Czechoslovak soccer player

Franciszek Pokorny

Officer of the Polish Army, Polish cryptographer (1891-1966)

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Romuald Frejer

Polish sculptor and ceramicist (1926–1987)

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Anton Straka

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, poet, educator, writer and Slovak nation politician

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Jan Martynek

Polish teacher (1862-1920)

Jan Łysek

Polish poet and teacher (1887-1915)

Jerzy Suszko

Polish chemist (1889-1972)

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Petr Joukl

Czech soccer player

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Paweł Łysek

Polish writer and ethnographer (1914-1978)

Jan Byrtus

Czech photographer (1935–1992)

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Jozef Liščák

Slovak politician (1947–2022)

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Čierne
  1.5 mi away · pop. 4,402
• Čadca
  3 mi away · pop. 24,315
• Raková
  3.7 mi away · pop. 5,176
• Skalité
  4.8 mi away · pop. 5,183
• Oščadnica
  5.1 mi away · pop. 5,715
• Zákopčie
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,827
• Staškov
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,739
• Krásno nad Kysucou
  6.5 mi away · pop. 6,790
• Olešná
  6.5 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Podvysoká
  7.2 mi away · pop. 1,265
• Zborov nad Bystricou
  7.7 mi away · pop. 2,275
• Dunajov
  8.4 mi away · pop. 1,173

Browse all places in Žilina →

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

Hazel Dormouse

Muscardinus avellanarius

Seen 2026-09-27

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-19

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-18

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-18

Tree slug

Lehmannia marginata

Seen 2026-09-18

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-09-15

Dryad's Saddle

Cerioporus squamosus

Seen 2026-09-15

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-15

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