Žihárec

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Žihárec

Total population

1,667

Founded

1251

Elevation111 m

Land area17.05 km²

Coordinates48.07°, 17.89°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Žihárec is a village and municipality in Šaľa District, in the Nitra Region of south-west 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

O

Oldřich František Korte

Czech composer and pianist

Attila Kaszás

Hungarian actor (1960–2007)

Gyula Szarka

Hungarian composer

Tomáš Galis

Slovak Roman-Catholic priest, bishop of Žilina

Jusztinián György Serédi

Hungarian Catholic cardinal (1884-1945)

István Balog

I

István Csete

S

Sándor Czottner

Hungarian politician (1903-1980)

N

Norbert Fedor

football player

János Feketeházy

Hungarian architect (1842–1927)

S

Sándor Horváth

Hungarian actor (1932-2012)

G

Géza Petrik

Hongaars bibliographer and bookseller (1845–1925)

Károly Plesnivy

painter (1930-1984)

L

László Pukkai

Ladislav Rybánsky

Slovak soccer player

R

Roman Slyško

Slovak association football referee

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

Nearby places in Nitra

• Tešedíkovo
  2.7 mi away
• Vlčany
  3.8 mi away · pop. 3,473
• Selice
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,955
• Diakovce
  4.8 mi away · pop. 2,241
• Neded
  5.4 mi away · pop. 3,084
• Šaľa
  5.6 mi away · pop. 24,099
• Trnovec nad Váhom
  5.7 mi away · pop. 2,722
• Kráľová nad Váhom
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,643
• Dlhá nad Váhom
  7 mi away · pop. 885
• Jatov
  7.6 mi away · pop. 775
• Zemné
  7.8 mi away · pop. 2,221
• Tvrdošovce
  8.2 mi away · pop. 5,314

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

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Seen 2026-09-06

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Seen 2026-09-04

Gonocerus juniperi

Gonocerus juniperi

Seen 2026-09-01

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-08-23

Brown Hare

Lepus europaeus

Seen 2026-08-23

Purple-barred Yellow

Lythria purpuraria

Seen 2026-08-23

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

Seen 2026-08-23

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-08-23

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-08-23

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