Liptovská Kokava (; ) is a village and

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Liptovský Mikuláš District Liptovský Mikuláš District (''okres Liptovský Mikuláš'') is a district in the eastern part of Žilina Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by P ...

in the

Žilina Region The Žilina Region (; ; ) is one of the eight Regions of Slovakia, Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its p ...

of northern

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, at the foot of

Kriváň Kriváň can refer to: * Kriváň (peak), peak in the High Tatras, Slovakia * Veľký Kriváň, the highest peak in Malá Fatra, Slovakia * Kriváň (village) Kriváň () is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Re ...

, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1469, at the foot of

, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain. The surname 'Kokavec' is believed to originate from this village. Before the establishment of independent

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in 1918, Liptovská Kokava was part of

Liptó County Liptó County (, , , , ) was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia. Geography Liptó county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Árva ...

within the

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. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the

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Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area] of . It has a population of about 1,054 people.

In popular culture

Liptovská Kokava was frequently referred in the 10th series of the historical drama :sk:Dunaj, k vašim službám, Dunaj, k vašim službám as the birthplace of one of the protagonists - ''Lukáš Kudlička'' (

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). No scenes were shot in the village.

References

Villages and municipalities in Liptovský Mikuláš District Liptov {{Žilina-geo-stub