Hriňová Herencsvölgy
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°34′N 19°31′E / 48.57°N 19.52°E / 48.57; 19.52
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Detva District
First mentioned	1863
Government
• Mayor	Stano Stoudek
Area [1]
• Total	126.45 km2 (48.82 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	669 m (2,195 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	6,931
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	962 05[3]
Area code	+421 45[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	DT
Website	www.hrinova.sk

Hriňová (German: Hrinau; Hungarian: Herencsvölgy) is a town in the Detva District of central Slovakia.

The name is derived from a dialect word for horseradish.^[4] Slovak: chren - a horseradish, dialect: hriň (noun), hriňová (fem. adjective).

The town is located on the Slatina river, under the Poľana mountains. It is located app. 13 km (8.08 mi) from Detva and 40 km (24.85 mi) from Zvolen. A dam is located above the town.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 669 metres (2,195 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 126.45 km² (48.82 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

At first, the town was a part of Detva municipality, which arose in the 17th century. In 1891, Hriňová became a separate municipality from Detva. It has town status since 1 January 1989.

It has a population of 6931 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 7182 people by ethnicity 6785 as Slovak, 391 as Not found out, 30 as Czech, 13 as Other, 10 as Hungarian, 9 as Romani, 8 as Polish, 7 as Italian, 6 as Russian, 3 as Rusyn, 3 as German, 3 as Albanian, 2 as Ukrainian and 1 as Moravian.

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 7182 people by religion 5518 from Roman Catholic Church, 890 from None, 511 from Not found out, 127 from Evangelical Church, 49 from Greek Catholic Church, 18 from Other, 11 from Ad hoc movements, 9 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 9 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 7 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 6 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 5 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Buddhism, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from United Methodist Church, 2 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 2 from Apostolic Church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Baptists Church and 1 from Bahá'i Community.

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1763-1934 (parish B)

• Municipal website
• Surnames of living people in Hrinova