Žaškov
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°10′N 19°13′E / 49.17°N 19.22°E / 49.17; 19.22
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina Region
District	Dolný Kubín District
First mentioned	1388
Area [1]
• Total	24.72 km2 (9.54 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	479 m (1,572 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	1,621
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	272 1[3]
Area code	+421 43[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	DK
Website	www.zaskov.sk

Žaškov (Hungarian: Zsaskó) is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 479 metres (1,572 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 24.72 km² (9.54 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1380 as Dewczdorf (1382 Dewsdorff; 1388 Zsaskow). The law system of Žilina was applied here. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Žaškov was part of Árva County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

It has a population of 1621 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1622 people by ethnicity 1602 as Slovak, 17 as Not found out, 7 as Czech, 3 as Other, 2 as Russian, 2 as Croatian, 1 as Ukrainian and 1 as Serbian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 1622 people by religion 752 from Evangelical Church, 686 from Roman Catholic Church, 143 from None, 24 from Not found out, 5 from Other, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Islam, 1 from Greek Catholic Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Buddhism and 1 from Ad hoc movements.