Turzovka ( hu, Turzófalva) is a town in the

Čadca District Čadca District (''okres Čadca'') is a district in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia, in the Kysuce region. It had been established in 1923 and the current borders exist from 1996. Forest covers 58% of the district area. It is one of ...

, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.

History

The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968. This town became well known by the Marian apparitions reported by Matúš Lašut between 1958 and 1962.

Geography

Turzovka lies at an altitude of

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and covers an area of . It lies in the

Kysuca The Kysuca ( hu, Kiszuca) is a river in northern Slovakia. It is a right tributary to the Váh. The river gives name to the informal Kysuce region. It is long and its basin size is . Its source is near the village of Makov. At first, the river ...

river valley, surrounded by the mountain ranges of Beskydy and Javorníky.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the town had 7,802 inhabitants. The largest minority group were Czech 0.75% and

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0.27%. The religious make-up was 92.74%

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and 0.2% Lutherans, most of the others giving no affiliation.

Twin towns — sister cities

Turzovka is twinned with: *

Frýdlant nad Ostravicí Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (; german: Friedland (an der Ostrawitza)) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. Administrative parts Frýdlant nad Ostravicí is made ...

, Czech Republic *

Győrújbarát Győrújbarát is a village near Győr in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the n ...

, Hungary * Kęty, Poland

References

External links

Town website

Marian shrine website
Cities and towns in Slovakia Villages and municipalities in Čadca District {{Žilina-geo-stub