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.Photo: Ľuboš Repta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Troch kráľov and Važecká Cave.
Važecká Cave
Cave
Photo: Peko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Važec railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Jan Starec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Važec railway station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Čierny Váh and Východná.
Čierny Váh
Hamlet
Photo: Patrik Kunec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Čierny Váh is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Važec.
Východná
Village
Photo: Achernar.sk, CC0.
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.
Tatranská Štrba
Suburb
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tatranská Štrba is a suburb, which is situated 7 km northeast 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″ northLongitude
19.98148° or 19° 58′ 53″ eastPopulation
2,390Elevation
792 metres (2,598 feet)Open location code
8FXX3X5J+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 26036684OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3056947Wikidata ID
Q1091398
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Satellite Map
Discover Važec from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Važec” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Važec”
- Catalan: “Važec”
- Chechen: “Важец”
- Chinese: “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”
- Polish: “Važec”
- Polish: “Ważec”
- Portuguese: “Važec”
- Romanian: “Važec”
- Russian: “Važec”
- Russian: “Важец (район Липтовски-Микулаш)”
- 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
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