Pružina
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°01′N 18°29′E / 49.02°N 18.48°E / 49.02; 18.48
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín Region
District	Považská Bystrica District
First mentioned	1271
Area [1]
• Total	40.43 km2 (15.61 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	2,113
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	182 2[3]
Area code	+421 42[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	PB
Website	pruzina.eu

Pružina (Hungarian: Barossháza) is a village and municipality in Považská Bystrica District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

Pružina is also a surname that comes from the village of Pružina and is very uncommon.^{[citation needed]}

Several important sites and artifacts have been discovered in the area of the village and close neighborhood, including a depot of bronze jewelry dated to early La Tène-period and gold and silver Celtic coins (Michalová Hill). In Pružina-Mesciská, a hillfort existed in the Early Middle Ages and several Slavic burial mounds have been discovered in the wider area.^[4] A large iron depot discovered in Mesciská dated to the Great Moravian period is the largest collection of this type in Slovakia.^[4]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1272 as Prusina, then in 1330 as Prusinn, in 1364 as Pruzina, later Pruzsina until 1899, then it was renamed to Barossháza after Gábor Baross. Since the 16th century until 1863 today's Mojtín was part of the village. As part of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Pružina has been its official name.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 420 metres (1,380 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 40.43 km² (15.61 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

It has a population of 2113 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 2037 people by ethnicity 1991 as Slovak, 35 as Not found out, 19 as Czech, 13 as Other, 6 as Polish, 5 as German, 3 as French, 2 as Italian, 2 as Russian, 2 as Hungarian, 2 as English, 1 as Jewish, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Austrian, 1 as Greek, 1 as Croatian and 1 as Albanian.

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 2037 people by religion 1761 from Roman Catholic Church, 184 from None, 33 from Not found out, 14 from Other, 13 from Evangelical Church, 11 from Greek Catholic Church, 5 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 4 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from Islam, 2 from Buddhism, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Hinduism.

• Gábor Baross, (1848 in Barossháza – 1892) statesman.^[11]
• Štefan Závodník, local priest; the local chapel was built on his order

• Turčan, Vladimír (2013). Veľkomoravské hradiská [Great Moravian Hillforts] (in Slovak). Bratislava: DAJAMA. ISBN 978-80-8136-013-8.

Media related to Pružina (okres Považská Bystrica) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website