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 o ...

Žilina Region The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region ...

in north-western

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History

The present-day town was established in 1598 by a

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of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968. This town became well known by the

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s 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 river valley, surrounded by the mountain ranges of Beskydy and

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Demographics

According to the 2010

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, 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%

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, most of the others giving no affiliation.

Twin towns — sister cities

Turzovka is

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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 *

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, Hungary *

Kęty Kęty is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 18,955 inhabitants (2012). The town located in Silesian Foothills Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogórze Śląskie, cs, Slezské podhůří, szl, Pogōrze Ślōnske) a ...

, Poland

References

External links

Town website

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