Záhorská Bystrica
Borough
Preserved peasant house in Záhorská Bystrica
Coat of arms
Area of Záhorská Bystrica in Bratislava
Záhorská Bystrica Location of Záhorská Bystrica in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°08′00″N 17°07′00″E / 48.13333°N 17.11667°E / 48.13333; 17.11667
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava Region
District	Bratislava IV
First mentioned	1314 (Julian)
Government
• Mayor	Jozef Krúpa
Area [1]
• Total	32.29 km2 (12.47 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	175 m (574 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	7,730
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	841 06
Area code	+421-2
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	BA, BL, BT
Website	zahorskabystrica.sk

Záhorská Bystrica (German: Bisternitz, Hungarian: Pozsonybeszterce) is a city borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the northern part of the city, lying on the foothills of the Pezinok Carpathians, part of the Little Carpathians mountain range. It is part of the Bratislava IV administrative district. The city borough covers 32 kilometres squared and is home to approximately 7,386 inhabitants (April 2023). Záhorská Bystrica is a small borough at the outskirts of the city with preserved peasants' houses and more recent modern villas and estates.

Záhorská Bystrica features a baroque parish building, Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul from 1834, Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1896, Chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian from 1839, Chapel of Virgin Mary of Lourdes from 1913 and Chapel of Saint Vendelin. The borough is home to Slovakia's major TV station, TV Markíza.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 175 metres (574 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 32.29 km² (12.47 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

The first preserved written account of the settlement dates to 1208 under the name Bisztric. Croatian settlement here dates to 1520. The settlement became a part of Bratislava on 1 January 1972.

It has a population of 7730 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 6541 people by ethnicity 5909 as Slovak, 447 as Not found out, 112 as Czech, 77 as Other, 63 as Hungarian, 33 as Rusyn, 28 as German, 22 as Russian, 17 as Polish, 12 as Ukrainian, 11 as Jewish, 11 as Moravian, 8 as French, 7 as Italian, 6 as Romanian, 6 as Austrian, 5 as Korean, 5 as Bulgarian, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Croatian, 3 as Romani, 3 as English, 3 as Albanian, 2 as Serbian, 1 as Vietnamese, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Canadian and 1 as Greek.

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 6541 people by religion 2919 from Roman Catholic Church, 2717 from None, 438 from Not found out, 164 from Evangelical Church, 68 from Greek Catholic Church, 39 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 36 from Other, 31 from Ad hoc movements, 24 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 20 from Buddhism, 16 from Calvinist Church, 14 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 8 from Jewish community, 8 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Islam, 5 from Church of the Brethren, 5 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from United Methodist Church, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 3 from Apostolic Church, 2 from Hinduism, 2 from Baptists Church and 2 from Bahá'i Community.

• Boroughs and localities of Bratislava

• Official website (in Slovak)