Nová Bystrica

Nová Bystrica (Hungarian: Újbeszterce) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, in the Kysuce region.

Nová Bystrica
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49.35°N 19.02°E / 49.35; 19.02
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina Region
District	Čadca District
First mentioned	1662
Area [1]
• Total	125.25 km2 (48.36 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	593 m (1,946 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,580
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	230 5[2]
Area code	+421 41[2]
Car plate	CA
Website	www.novabystrica.sk/sk/

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1662.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 526 metres and covers an area of 125.261 km². It has a population of about 2855 people. It is located in the Bystrica river valley.

Tourism

Steam locomotive on the switchback railway

In the local part Vychylovka, around 4 km further north-east, tourists can find some interesting attractions: the switchback railway, open-air museum of Kysuce village, established in 1974 primarily to save buildings from the now non-existing villages Riečnica and Harvelka, which were inundated by the Nová Bystrica reservoir, though it contains buildings from the other villages as well. It has also protected Vychylovka banks on the local Vychylovka stream and Vychylovka rocks.