View source for Turzovka

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Turzovka
| native_name             =
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = Town
<!-- images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Kaple Panny Marie na Živčákově hoře.JPG
| image_caption           = Chapel of the Virgin Mary
| image_flag              = Turzovka-cadca-flag.svg
| image_shield            = Coat of Arms of Turzovka.svg
| motto                   =
| nickname                =
| etymology               =
<!-- location -->
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = Slovakia
| subdivision_type1       =
| subdivision_name1       =
| subdivision_type2       = Region
| subdivision_name2       = Žilina Region
| subdivision_type3       = District
| subdivision_name3       = Čadca District
| subdivision_type4       =
| subdivision_name4       =
<!-- maps and coordinates -->
| image_map               =
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Slovakia
| pushpin_relief          =
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Turzovka in Slovakia
| coordinates             = {{coord|49|24|10|N|18|37|19|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
<!-- government type, leaders -->
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Ľubomír Golis
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1598
<!-- area -->
| area_footnotes          =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 34.91
| area_total_sq_mi        =
| area_land_sq_mi         =
| area_water_sq_mi        =
<!-- elevation -->
| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 522<ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=2021-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322110600/http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |url-status=live }}</ref>
| elevation_ft            = 1,713<ref name="base_info"/>
| population_as_of        = {{Tooltip|2022|2022-12-31}}
| population_footnotes    =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
| population_total        = 7043
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_density_sq_mi=
| population_demonym      =
<!-- time zone(s) -->
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
<!-- postal codes, area code -->
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 023 54<ref name="base_info"/>
| area_code_type          =
| area_code               = +421 41<ref name="base_info"/>
| geocode                 =
| iso_code                =
| blank_name              = [[Slovak car registration plates|Car plate]]
| blank_info              = CA
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                 = http://www.turzovka.sk
| footnotes               =
|area_note= ({{Tooltip|2022|2022-06-31/2022-07-01}})
}}
'''Turzovka''' ({{langx|hu|Turzófalva}}) is a town in the [[Čadca District]], [[Žilina Region]] in north-western [[Slovakia]].
==History==
[[File:Vnitřek kaple (Turzovka).JPG|thumb|left|180px|The Marian shrine dedicated to the Turzovka apparitions.]]
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 apparition]]s reported by Matúš Lašut between 1958 and 1962.
The town museum was established on October 1, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mykysuce.sme.sk/c/8077825/mestske-muzeum-venuju-turzovcania-karolovi-tocikovi.html|title=Mestské múzeum venujú Turzovčania Karolovi Točíkovi|last=a.s.|first=Petit Press|work=mykysuce.sme.sk|access-date=2018-01-04|language=sk}}</ref>
==Geography==
Turzovka lies at an altitude of {{convert|471|m|ft|0}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]] and covers an area of {{convert|34.911|km2|sqmi|1}}.<ref name="statistics">{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-01-30 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-01-11}}</ref>
It lies in the [[Kysuca]] 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 people|Czech]] 0.75% and [[Romani people|Roma]] 0.27%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|url=http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-narodnost.pdf|work=Obyvateľstvo trvalo bývajúce v obciach SR podľa národnosti, SODB 2011|accessdate=August 10, 2012|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006192810/http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-narodnost.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The religious make-up was 92.74% [[Roman Catholics]] and 0.2% [[Lutherans]], most of the others giving no affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|url=http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce_v2-nabozenske-vyznanie.pdf|work=Obyvateľstvo trvalo bývajúce v obciach SR podľa náboženského vyznania, SODB 2011|accessdate=August 10, 2012|archive-date=September 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907064608/http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce_v2-nabozenske-vyznanie.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Twin towns — sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}
Turzovka is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerské mestá|url=http://www.turzovka.sk/mesto/o-meste/partnerske-mesta/|website=turzovka.sk|publisher=Turzovka|language=sk|accessdate=2019-09-09|archive-date=2019-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822094759/http://www.turzovka.sk/mesto/o-meste/partnerske-mesta/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Frýdlant nad Ostravicí]], Czech Republic
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Győrújbarát]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kęty]], Poland
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.mestoturzovka.sk/ Town website]
* [http://www.zivcakova.sk/ Marian shrine website]
{{Čadca District}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia]]
[[Category:Villages and municipalities in Čadca District]]
[[Category:Thurzó family| ]]
{{Hungary-hist-stub}}
{{Žilina-geo-stub}}