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Turzovka

Municipality in Žilina Region, Slovakia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Turzovka (Hungarian: Turzófalva) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.

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History

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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 apparitions reported by Matúš Lašut between 1958 and 1962.

The town museum was established on October 1, 2015.[4]

Geography

Turzovka lies at an altitude of 471 metres (1,545 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 34.911 square kilometres (13.5 sq mi).[5] 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 0.75% and Roma 0.27%.[6] The religious make-up was 92.74% Roman Catholics and 0.2% Lutherans, most of the others giving no affiliation.[7]

Notable people

Twin towns — sister cities

Turzovka is twinned with:[8]

References

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