Nižná
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°18′37″N 19°31′48″E / 49.31028°N 19.53000°E / 49.31028; 19.53000
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina Region
District	Tvrdošín District
First mentioned	1420
Area [1]
• Total	27.77 km2 (10.72 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	584 m (1,916 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	3,918
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	274 3[3]
Area code	+421 43[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	TS
Website	www.nizna.sk

Nižná (Hungarian: Nizsna) is a village and municipality in Tvrdošín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1420 as Nissne Wes.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 584 metres (1,916 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 27.77 km² (10.72 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 3918 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 3936 people by ethnicity 3706 as Slovak, 229 as Not found out, 20 as Czech, 19 as Other, 8 as Polish, 7 as German, 4 as Hungarian, 3 as Russian, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Serbian, 2 as Romanian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Romani, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Canadian, 1 as French and 1 as English.

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 3936 people by religion 3138 from Roman Catholic Church, 477 from None, 211 from Not found out, 57 from Evangelical Church, 15 from Greek Catholic Church, 13 from Ad hoc movements, 8 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 6 from Other, 4 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 3 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Bahá'i Community.

Nižná is twinned with:^[10]

• Horní Suchá, Czech Republic
• Mszana Dolna, Poland