Nová Bystrica
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°21′N 19°01′E / 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 [3]	593 m (1,946 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	2,570
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	230 5[3]
Area code	+421 41[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	CA
Website	www.novabystrica.sk/sk/

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

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1662.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 593 metres (1,946 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 125.25 km² (48.36 sq mi) (2024).^[4] It is located in the Bystrica river valley.

It has a population of 2570 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 2680 people by ethnicity 2613 as Slovak, 65 as Not found out, 24 as Czech, 3 as Other, 2 as Russian, 1 as Irish and 1 as Ukrainian.

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 2680 people by religion 2407 from Roman Catholic Church, 130 from None, 90 from Not found out, 14 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 9 from Evangelical Church, 7 from Greek Catholic Church, 6 from Other, 5 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Calvinist Church, 3 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Baptists Church.

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.