Žilina District
Žilina District is an okres of the Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. The district was first established in 1923. Its present borders date from 1996.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Budatín Castle and Žilina railway station.
Budatín Castle
Castle
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The Budatín Castle is a castle in north-western Slovakia, near the city of Žilina, where the Kysuca river flows into the Váh river.
Žilina railway station
Railway station
Photo: Guillaume Speurt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Žilina railway station serves the city and municipality of Žilina, seat of the Žilina Region, northern Slovakia. Opened in 1871, the station is an important railway junction between the Bratislava–Žilina railway and the Košice–Žilina railway, both of which form part of Slovakia's main east–west rail corridor.
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Žilina
Church
The Church of the Holy Trinity, since February 2008 Holy Trinity Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Žilina, Slovakia. It is one of the town's most significant monuments. Together with the Burian's Tower it creates the typical skyline of the town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žilina and Teplička nad Váhom.
Žilina
Photo: Sebastian Mierzwa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Žilina is a town in Central Slovakia with a population of 80,000 and the capital city of the Žilina self-administrative region. The city itself offers a nice historic centre, which is unique in Slovakia thanks to the arcades on the main square, and a vibrant cultural scene.
Teplička nad Váhom
Village
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Teplička nad Váhom is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Teplička nad Váhom is situated 4 km east of Žilina District.
Hôrky
Village
Hôrky is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Hôrky is situated 4 km southwest of Žilina District.
Žilina District
- Type: district of Slovakia with 157,000 residents
- Description: district of Slovakia
- Location: Žilina Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Žilina District” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Žilina barrutia”
- Basque: “Žilinako barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Жыліна (раён)”
- Belarusian: “Жыліна”
- Belarusian: “раён Жыліна”
- Bulgarian: “Жилина_(област)”
- Catalan: “districte de Žilina”
- Catalan: “Districte de Žilina”
- Cebuano: “Okres Žilina”
- Chinese: “Žilina Koān”
- Chinese: “日利納區”
- Chuvash: “Жилина районĕ”
- Croatian: “Okrug Žilina”
- Czech: “okres Žilina”
- Czech: “Okres Žilina”
- Dutch: “Okres Zilina”
- Dutch: “Okres Žilina”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Ĵilina”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Zilina”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Žilina”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Žilina”
- Estonian: “Žilina ringkond”
- French: “District de Žilina”
- French: “Žilina”
- Georgian: “ჟილინის რაიონი”
- German: “Okres Žilina”
- German: “Žilina”
- Greek: “Οκρές της Ζιλίνα”
- Hungarian: “okres Žilina”
- Hungarian: “Zsolnai járás”
- Italian: “Distretto di Zilina”
- Italian: “distretto di Žilina”
- Italian: “Distretto di Žilina”
- Japanese: “ジリナ郡”
- Korean: “질리나구”
- Latin: “Solna”
- Latin: “Žilina”
- Latvian: “Žilinas apriņķis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Žilina”
- Malay: “Daerah Žilina”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Žilina Koān”
- Polish: “Okres Žilina”
- Polish: “Powiat Żylina”
- Portuguese: “Žilina”
- Romanian: “Districtul Žilina”
- Romanian: “Žilina”
- Russian: “Жилина”
- Russian: “Район Жилина”
- Rusyn: “Окрес Жіліна”
- Serbian: “Округ Жилина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Žilina”
- Slovak: “okres Žilina”
- Slovak: “Okres Žilina”
- Slovak: “Žilina”
- Slovenian: “okres Žilina”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Žilina”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Zilina”
- Spanish: “distrito de Žilina”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Žilina”
- Tagalog: “Distrito ng Žilina”
- Turkish: “Žilina ili”
- Turkish: “Žilina”
- Ukrainian: “Жиліна”
- Waray (Philippines): “Žilina”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palace Hotel Polom and Kysuca.
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