Zákamenné

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Zákamenné

Total population

5,072

Founded

1615

Elevation703 m

Land area42.9 km²

Coordinates49.39°, 19.29°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Zákamenné is the biggest village in the Orava region in the northern part of Slovakia. Zákamenné lies in the north-western part of Orava. It belongs to the protected landscape area of Horná Orava and the specially protected area of Horná Orava. The villages which surround Zákamenné are Oravská Lesná, Novoť, Lomná, Breza, Krušetnica and Ujsoly in Poland.

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

Yohanan Friedmann

Israeli academic

Milan Čič

Czechoslovak minister of justice of the Slovakia, minister of interior of the Slovakia, vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia, member of Czechoslovak parliament, prime minister of Slovakia, politician, lawyer, constitutional judge (1932-2012)

Ján Vojtaššák

Slovak bishop, Nazi collaborator (1877–1965)

Pavol Florek

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, historian, educator and Slovak nation politician (1895–1963)

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Róbert Chocholáček

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician

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Andrej Martvoň

politician

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Augustín Mat̕ovčík

Rudolf Jurolek

Slovak journalist

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Ján Oparty

Slovak film director

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Milan Holubčík

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Anton Granatier

Slovak sculptor (1894-1954)

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Štefan Balák

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Matej Florek

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Emil Antušák

Vilmos Szilágyi

Hungarian actor, theatrical director

John Martvon

Slovak Roman Catholic priest, organizer of cultural and spiritual life of American Slovaks

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Lomná
  1.8 mi away · pop. 811
• Krušetnica
  2.2 mi away · pop. 928
• Novoť
  3.1 mi away · pop. 3,262
• Beňadovo
  3.6 mi away · pop. 740
• Breza
  4 mi away · pop. 1,568
• Vasiľov
  4.9 mi away · pop. 784
• Hruštín
  5 mi away · pop. 3,233
• Oravská Lesná
  5.1 mi away · pop. 3,204
• Mútne
  5.1 mi away
• Lokca
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,216
• Babín
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,415
• Oravská Jasenica
  6.4 mi away

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

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-27

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-09-27

heath speedwell

Veronica officinalis

Seen 2026-09-27

Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

Seen 2026-09-27

Conifer Mazegill

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Seen 2026-09-27

Bushgrass

Calamagrostis epigejos

Seen 2026-09-27

European wood-sorrel

Oxalis acetosella

Seen 2026-09-27

tree moss

Pseudevernia furfuracea

Seen 2026-09-27

Horse Mint

Mentha longifolia

Seen 2026-09-27

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