Tvrdošín

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Tvrdošín

Total population

9,401

Founded

1265

Elevation592 m

Land area56.55 km²

Coordinates49.33°, 19.56°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Tvrdošín is a town in 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

Eduard Goldstücker

Czech writer and university educator (1913-2000)

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Darina Laščiaková

Slovak singer

Zdenka Cecília Schelingová

Slovak martyr (1916-1955)

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Alojz Habovštiak

József Sperlágh

Hungarian archaeologist, pharmacist and political activist (1829-1892)

Albert Škarvan

Slovak Esperantist, writer and science writer (1869-1926)

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Adolf Rosenzweig

German rabbi (1850-1918)

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Ján Herkeľ

Slovak lawyer and writer

Andrej Kavuljak

Slovak historian

Ján Kovalik

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament, educator, regional politician and slovak nation politician

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Mária Medvecká

Slovak painter (1914-1987)

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Eduard Kosmel

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

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Jozef Habovštiak

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, agonomist, beekeeper and Slovak nation politician

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Jozef Kakačka

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, mayor and Slovak nation politician

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Kornel Smržík

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, poet, painter, publicist, educator and Slovak nation politician (1939-2002)

Miklós Pajor

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Hungary nation politician (1884-1956)

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

Nearby places in Žilina

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  2 mi away · pop. 633
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  2.2 mi away · pop. 4,048
• Zábiedovo
  2.5 mi away · pop. 813
• Trstená
  3 mi away · pop. 7,537
• Oravský Biely Potok
  3.3 mi away · pop. 630
• Podbiel
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,273
• Brezovica
  4.4 mi away · pop. 1,326
• Habovka
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,350
• Krivá
  5 mi away · pop. 806
• Vavrečka
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,357
• Liesek
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,689
• Ťapešovo
  5.6 mi away · pop. 641

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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