Považská Bystrica

Považská Bystrica is a town in northwestern . It is located on the river, around 30 km from the city of . It belongs to .
  • Town with 41,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 280 metres (919 feet)
  • Description: town in Slovakia
  • Also known as
    “Bystrica”
    “Povazske Bystraica”
    “Vagbeszterce”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary and Kaplnka sv. Márie Magdalény.

Church
Photo: Hromoslav, CC0.
Kostol Navstivenia Panny Marie lies in the town centre in Považská Bystrica.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Považské Podhradie and Dolný Moštenec.

Suburb
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Považská Bystrica.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a town section… is situated 3 km south of Považská Bystrica.

Suburb
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km east of Považská Bystrica.

Považská Bystrica

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Latitude
49.11593° or 49° 6′ 57″ north
Longitude
18.44699° or 18° 26′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
SK PBY
Open location code
8FXW4C8W+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Považská Bystrica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوفاجسكا بيستريتسا”
  • Asturian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Azerbaijani: “Povajska Bistritsa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Basque: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Belarusian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Belarusian: “Паважска Бістрыца”
  • Belarusian: “Паважска-Бістрыца”
  • Belarusian: “Поважска-Бістрыца”
  • Belarusian: “Поваска Быстрыца”
  • Catalan: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Cebuano: “Považská Bystrica (kapital sa distrito sa Eslobakya)”
  • Cebuano: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Chinese: “瓦赫河畔比斯特里察”
  • Croatian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Czech: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Czech: “Povážská Bystrica”
  • Danish: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Danish: “Povazská Bystrica”
  • Danish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Dutch: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Dutch: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوفاجسكا بيستريتسا”
  • Esperanto: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Esperanto: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Estonian: “Považska Bystrica”
  • Estonian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Finnish: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Finnish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • French: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • French: “Považská Bystrica”
  • German: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • German: “Považská Bystrica”
  • German: “Waagbistritz”
  • Hindi: “पोवाश्स्का बिस्त्रित्सा”
  • Hungarian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Hungarian: “Vágbeszterce”
  • Indonesian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Irish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Italian: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Italian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Japanese: “ポヴァシュスカ・ビストリツァ”
  • Japanese: “ポヴァツシュカー・ビチュリカ”
  • Korean: “포바슈스카비스트리차”
  • Latvian: “Považska Bistrica”
  • Limburgan: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Lithuanian: “Považska Bistrica”
  • Lombard: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Macedonian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Macedonian: “Поважска Бистрица”
  • Macedonian: “Повашка Бистрица”
  • Malay: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Moksha: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Moksha: “Поважска Бистрица”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Ossetian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Ossetian: “Поважскæ-Бистрицæ”
  • Persian: “پواژسکا بیستریتسا”
  • Polish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Polish: “Powaska Bystrzyca”
  • Portuguese: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Romanian: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Romanian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Russian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Russian: “Поважска Бистрица”
  • Russian: “Поважска-Бистрица”
  • Serbian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Serbian: “Поважска Бистрица”
  • Serbian: “Повашка Бистрица”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Povaška Bistrica”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Slovak: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Slovak: “Vágbeszterce”
  • Slovak: “Waagbistritz”
  • Spanish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Swedish: “Povazska Bystrica”
  • Swedish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Tatar: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Tatar: “Поважска-Бистритса”
  • Turkish: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Ukrainian: “Поважська Бистриця”
  • Ukrainian: “Повазька Бистриця”
  • Urdu: “پوواژسکا ب Bystrica”
  • Vietnamese: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Považská Bystrica”

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