Veľké Ripňany

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Veľké Ripňany

Total population

2,113

Founded

1156

Elevation200 m

Land area23.68 km²

Coordinates48.50°, 17.98°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Veľké Ripňany is a village and municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. In 2011 the village had 2071 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

M

Mihály Adamkovics

Lipót Aschner

(1872–1952) industrialist, Holocaust survivor

G

György Berényi

Hungarian politician (1601-1677)

J

János Berényi

Hungarian politician (1794-1868)

K

Károly Tádé Huberth

M

Mária Mihálková

Slovak actress (1920–1989)

Lazar Hellenbach

Austrian occultist and author (1827-1887)

Jana Kubičková-Posnerová

Olympic gymnast

L

Ladislav Žák

Slovak association football player

Katarína Kolníková

Slovak actress (1921–2006)

Stanislav Štepka

Slovak dramatic, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and lyricist

Ádám Tomcsányi

Hungarian philosopher, naturalist

J

Jozef Danák

T

Tibor Cabaj

politician

Ľ

Ľudovít Varga

Slovenian painter (1917–1945)

Z

Zlata Solivajsová

Slovak poet

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

Nearby places in Nitra

• Malé Ripňany
  1.6 mi away · pop. 539
• Lužany
  1.8 mi away · pop. 211
• Biskupová
  2.6 mi away · pop. 231
• Horné Obdokovce
  3 mi away · pop. 1,576
• Krtovce
  3.1 mi away · pop. 301
• Čermany
  3.2 mi away · pop. 382
• Hajná Nová Ves
  3.3 mi away · pop. 330
• Kapince
  3.5 mi away
• Horné Štitáre
  3.8 mi away · pop. 450
• Orešany
  3.8 mi away · pop. 275
• Nitrianska Blatnica
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,235
• Radošina
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,988

Browse all places in Nitra →

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

Red horse-chestnut

Aesculus × carnea

Seen 2026-09-26

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-26

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-26

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-09-26

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-26

Linden gall midge

Didymomyia tiliacea

Seen 2026-09-26

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-26

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-26

Poplar Spiral Gall Aphid

Pemphigus spyrothecae

Seen 2026-09-26

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