Žarnovica District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Banská Bystrica Region
Seat	Žarnovica
Area [1]
• Total	425.08 km2 (164.12 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	24,463
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	45
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	ZC
Municipalities	18

Žarnovica District (Slovak: okres Žarnovica) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.^[3] Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Tekov, only a part of Hodruša-Hámre, namely Banská Hodruša in the east was part of Banská Štiavnica, an urban county on the territory of Hont County.

It has a population of 24,463 people (31 December 2024).^[5]

In year 2021 was 25,847 people by ethnicity 23,792 as Slovak, 1205 as Not found out, 307 as Romani, 134 as Czech, 87 as Other, 62 as Hungarian, 52 as Polish, 50 as Ukrainian, 31 as Russian, 21 as German, 17 as Rusyn, 14 as Chinese, 14 as Vietnamese, 11 as English, 10 as Romanian, 5 as Italian, 5 as Moravian, 5 as French, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Austrian, 4 as Greek, 4 as Albanian, 3 as Canadian, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Bulgarian, 1 as Irish 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 25,242 people by religion 17,679 from Roman Catholic Church, 5166 from None, 1327 from Not found out, 329 from Evangelical Church, 160 from Greek Catholic Church, 149 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 78 from Ad hoc movements, 74 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 65 from Other, 54 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 37 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 29 from Buddhism, 19 from Calvinist Church, 19 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 16 from Islam, 7 from Baptists Church, 5 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from United Methodist Church, 5 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 5 from Church of the Brethren, 5 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4 from Apostolic Church, 3 from Hinduism and 2 from Jewish community.

Population and area values are current for year 2024.

48°29′18″N 18°42′28″E / 48.48833°N 18.70778°E / 48.48833; 18.70778