Veľký Horeš

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Veľký Horeš

Total population

968

Founded

1214

Air quality index

48Good

Elevation99 m

Land area18.24 km²

Coordinates48.38°, 21.91°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Veľký Horeš is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Mihály Helmeczy

Hungarian writer (1788–1852)

Adolph Zukor

Hungarian-American film producer (1873–1976)

Csongor Kassai

Hungarian-born actor from Slovakia

L

László Dobos

Czechoslovak minister without portfolio of the Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, Russian nation politician, writer and Hungary nation politician (1930-2014)

E

Endre Balugyánszky

Jenő Kemechey

Hungarian journalist, writer (1862–1905)

I

István Mészáros

Hungarian Calvinist pastor and bishop

Attila Nagy

(1933–1992) Hungarian actor

Ilona Aczél

actress (1884–1940)

Johann Friedrich von Mohr

(1765-1847)

Szidi Tobias

Slovak actress, singer and sansonier

A

Arnost Zvi Ehrman

Jewish scholar

A

Aranka Szentpétery

Slovak actress

D

Dalibor Karnay

Slovak soccer player

J

Juraj Gyimesi

Slovak politician and physician

Sándor Román

Hungarian dancer and choreographer

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

Nearby places in Košice

• Malý Horeš
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,112
• Strážne
  2.3 mi away · pop. 681
• Svätuše
  3.3 mi away · pop. 885
• Svätá Mária
  4.7 mi away · pop. 600
• Somotor
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,645
• Veľký Kamenec
  4.9 mi away · pop. 818
• Svinice
  5.2 mi away · pop. 217
• Vojka
  5.4 mi away · pop. 513
• Dobrá
  5.8 mi away · pop. 424
• Rad
  5.9 mi away · pop. 582
• Zemplín
  5.9 mi away · pop. 390
• Malý Kamenec
  6 mi away · pop. 444

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

Marshelder

Euphrosyne xanthiifolia

Seen 2026-08-30

Field Eryngo

Eryngium campestre

Seen 2026-08-30

powell's amaranth

Amaranthus powellii

Seen 2026-08-30

moss rose

Portulaca grandiflora

Seen 2026-08-30

common ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Seen 2026-08-30

horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Seen 2026-08-30

Common vervain

Verbena officinalis

Seen 2026-08-30

Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

Seen 2026-08-30

Blue Eryngo

Eryngium planum

Seen 2026-08-30

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