Nižný Tvarožec
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Coordinates: 49°21′N 21°11′E / 49.35°N 21.18°E / 49.35; 21.18
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Bardejov District
First mentioned	1355
Area [1]
• Total	11.15 km2 (4.31 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	416 m (1,365 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	570
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	860 2[3]
Area code	+421 54[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	BJ
Website	www.niznytvarozec.sk

Nižný Tvarožec is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1355.

The village is best known in the English-speaking world as the ancestral village of the American novelist Thomas Bell (1903—1961). His popular 1941 novel Out of This Furnace is the story of three generations of a family, starting with their migration in 1881 from Austria-Hungary to the United States, and finishing with World War II. The novel's title refers to the central role of the steel mill in the family's life and in the history of the Pittsburgh region.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 416 metres (1,365 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 11.15 km² (4.31 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 570 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 539 people by ethnicity 471 as Slovak, 199 as Romani, 89 as Rusyn, 27 as Not found out, 2 as Czech, 1 as Ukrainian and 1 as Russian.

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 539 people by religion 431 from Greek Catholic Church, 35 from Roman Catholic Church, 27 from Not found out, 24 from None, 12 from Eastern Orthodox Church and 10 from Evangelical Church.