Podzámčok Dobróváralja
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°07′E / 48.50°N 19.12°E / 48.50; 19.12
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Zvolen District
First mentioned	1424
Government
• Mayor	Mária Hrčková (KDH)
Area [1]
• Total	8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	394 m (1,293 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	555
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	962 64[3]
Area code	+421 45[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	ZV
Website	www.podzamcok.sk

Podzámčok (Hungarian: Dobróváralja) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 394 metres (1,293 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 8.44 km² (3.26 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Podzámčok was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

It has a population of 555 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 542 people by ethnicity 537 as Slovak, 5 as Not found out, 3 as Czech, 2 as Rusyn, 1 as Jewish, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Romani, 1 as Russian, 1 as Polish, 1 as Moravian and 1 as Hungarian.

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 542 people by religion 297 from Roman Catholic Church, 181 from None, 42 from Evangelical Church, 6 from Greek Catholic Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Not found out, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Islam, 1 from Other, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Buddhism and 1 from Bahá'i Community.