Zákopčie

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Zákopčie

Total population

1,827

Founded

1661

Elevation516 m

Land area29.63 km²

Coordinates49.41°, 18.73°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Zákopčie 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

Jozef Kroner

Slovak actor (1924-1998)

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Rastislav Michalík

Czechoslovak soccer player

Berthold Dominik Lippay

Austrian painter (1864–1919)

Ján Palárik

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

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Jan Milan Krkoška

Slovak-Austrian sculptor (1939-2016)

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Ladislav Pecko

Czechoslovak soccer player

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Juraj Chupač

Slovak soccer player

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Andrej Cvinček

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, roman catholic priest and slovak nation politician

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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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Ferdinand Dvorín

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, publicist, union member and Slovak nation politician (1901-1970)

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František Gacík

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer, manager and Slovak nation politician

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František Kalina

Czech minister of forestry and water of the CR, politician and regional politician

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Jaroslav Kekely

Czechoslovak soccer player

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Ladislav Roman

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament and Slovak nation politician

Marko Gažík

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, lawyer, minister for law consolidation and organisation of Czechoslovak and slovak nation politician

Pavol Lukša

Member of Czech Parliament (2010–2013) and mayor

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

Nearby places in Žilina

• Staškov
  2 mi away · pop. 2,739
• Raková
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,176
• Podvysoká
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,265
• Olešná
  3.1 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Čadca
  3.4 mi away · pop. 24,315
• Dlhá nad Kysucou
  4.2 mi away
• Krásno nad Kysucou
  4.7 mi away · pop. 6,790
• Turzovka
  4.7 mi away · pop. 7,754
• Ochodnica
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,934
• Dunajov
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,173
• Svrčinovec
  5.9 mi away · pop. 3,452
• Kysucký Lieskovec
  6 mi away · pop. 2,354

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

Curled Hook-moss

Palustriella commutata

Seen 2026-09-20

Norway spruce

Picea abies

Seen 2026-09-20

red campion

Silene dioica

Seen 2026-09-20

mountain pine

Pinus mugo

Seen 2026-09-20

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-20

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-09-20

Lingonberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Seen 2026-09-20

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