Važec
Važec is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, at the foot of Kriváň in the High Tatras mountains, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Troch kráľov and Važecká Cave.
Važecká Cave
Cave
Važecká Cave is a 530-metre long stalactite limestone cave. Lying at an elevation of 784 metres, it is located near the village of Važec, in the Liptov Basin, near the Biely Váh River, on the northern edge of the Low Tatra mountain range in northern Slovakia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Čierny Váh and Východná.
Východná
Village
Východná is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Východná is situated 6 km west of Važec.
Važec
- Type: Village with 2,390 residents
- Description: municipality of Slovakia
- Categories: municipality of Slovakia and locality
- Location: Važec, Liptovský Mikuláš, Žilina Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.05911° or 49° 3′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.98148° or 19° 58′ 53″ east
Population
2,390
Elevation
792 metres (2,598 feet)
Open location code
8FXX3X5J+JH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Važec” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Važec”
- Catalan: “Važec”
- Chechen: “Важец”
- Chinese: “Važec”
- Croatian: “Važec”
- Czech: “Važec”
- Dutch: “Vazec”
- Dutch: “Važec”
- Esperanto: “Važec”
- French: “Važec”
- German: “Važec”
- German: “Waagsdorf”
- German: “Waschetz”
- German: “Weißwaag”
- Greek: “Βάζετς”
- Hungarian: “Važec”
- Hungarian: “Vázsec”
- Irish: “Važec”
- Italian: “Važec”
- Lombard: “Važec”
- Malay: “Važec”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Važec”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Važec”
- Polish: “Važec”
- Polish: “Ważec”
- Portuguese: “Važec”
- Romanian: “Važec”
- Russian: “Važec”
- Russian: “Важец”
- Serbian: “Važec”
- Serbian: “Важец”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Važec”
- Slovak: “Važec”
- Spanish: “Važec”
- Swedish: “Važec”
- Tatar: “Важец”
- Turkish: “Važec”
- Ukrainian: “Важец”
- Waray (Philippines): “Važec”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include múzeum J. Hálu and Važec.
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