Závažná Poruba
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Coordinates: 49°04′N 19°39′E / 49.07°N 19.65°E / 49.07; 19.65
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina Region
District	Liptovský Mikuláš District
First mentioned	1263
Area [1]
• Total	18.66 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	616 m (2,021 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	1,295
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	310 2[3]
Area code	+421 44[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	LM
Website	www.zavaznaporuba.sk

Závažná Poruba (Hungarian: Németporuba) is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Liptó County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The Slovak poet Milan Rufus was born in the village in 1928.^[4]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 616 metres (2,021 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 18.66 km² (7.20 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

It has a population of 1295 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 1248 people by ethnicity 1206 as Slovak, 35 as Not found out, 15 as Czech, 3 as Russian, 2 as Rusyn, 2 as Moravian, 2 as Other, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Polish, 1 as German, 1 as Hungarian and 1 as English.

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 1248 people by religion 530 from Evangelical Church, 445 from None, 201 from Roman Catholic Church, 34 from Not found out, 10 from Greek Catholic Church, 8 from Ad hoc movements, 7 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 5 from Other, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Islam, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Buddhism.