It has a population of  people (31 December ).

According to the Hungarian census of 1910, the population make up was 50% Slovak, 30% Hungarian 20% German. After World War II, the ethnic minorities were expelled leaving a majority Slovak population.

Ethnicity

Religion

Sport

Ice hockey club HK 1932 Liptovský Mikuláš represents the city in Tipos extraliga.

The Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course on the nearby Váh river is the oldest whitewater slalom course in Slovakia. The 2008 Olympic champion in canoe slalom, C-1, Michal Martikán was born and lives here. Also Elena Kaliská, another Olympic winner, is a member of the town sports club.

Petra Vlhová, born and raised in the city, won the alpine skiing slalom gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. As a child she attended many training at a ski center at Podbreziny hill of the city. Martina Dubovská also trained at the center in her childhood. The ski center at Podbreziny was established in 1993 and was discontinued gradually in early 2010s. In 2022, it was restored and re-entered into usage. The tracks combine to a total length of 550 meters at peak altitude of 700 meters.

Liptovský Mikuláš hosted the 2012 FAI World Championship for Space Models, taking place from 31 August to 9 September.

Transport

Liptovský Mikuláš is located near the main Slovak D1 motorway, as well as being on the main railroad from Bratislava to Košice. The closest international airport is in Poprad. The town also has its own public transport network with 13 lines operating.

Twin towns – sister cities

Liptovský Mikuláš is twinned with:

  • Annecy, France
  • Bačka Palanka, Serbia
  • Galanta, Slovakia
  • Kalamaria, Greece
  • Kemi, Finland
  • Kiskőrös, Hungary
  • Michalovce, Slovakia
  • Opava, Czech Republic
  • Terchová, Slovakia
  • Żywiec, Poland
  • Anzio, Italy
  • Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Climate

Liptovský Mikuláš has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb).

People

  • Jozef Božetech Klemens (1817), painter
  • Janko Kráľ (1822), poet
  • Samuel Nemessányi (1837), Hungarian luthier, a maker of stringed instruments
  • Ján Levoslav Bella (1843), composer
  • Aurel Stodola (1859), physicist
  • Samuel Fischer (1859), publisher
  • Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), engineer, inventor
  • Ivan Stodola (1888), poet, dramatist, doctor
  • Martin Rázus (1888, Vrbica), priest, author, politician
  • Janko Alexy (1894), painter
  • Koloman Sokol (1902), painter
  • Pavol Strauss (1912), doctor, writer, essayist, translator
  • Pavel Cheben (born 1967), engineer and physicist
  • Michal Martikán (born 1979), slalom canoeist
  • Tomáš Mráz (born 1980), slalom canoeist
  • Simon Naschér (1841–1901), rabbi, writer
  • Peter Sejna (1979), AHL/NHL player
  • Martin Cibák (1980), 2004 Stanley cup winner with Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Milan Jurčina (1983), NHL player
  • Peter Veselovský (1964–2025), ice hockey player
  • Petra Vlhová (1995), ski racer
  • Klaudia Medlová (1993), professional snowboarder / Olympian
  • Simona Petrík (born 1982), politician, MP (2016-2020; 2023-)
  • Simon Nemec (born 2004), NHL player for New Jersey Devils

Images

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File:Liptovsky Mikulas 01.jpg|Fountain

File:Liptovsky Mikulas 02.jpg|Town center

File:Liptovsky Mikulas 03.jpg|Janko Kráľ's monument.

File:Liptovsky Mikulas 04.jpg|Saint Nicholas' Church

File:Synagogue in Liptovský Mikuláš.jpg|Synagogue

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References

;Notes

  • Website of Slovak Caves Administration
  • Liptovský Mikuláš accommodation