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 of tourism.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 41,900 residents
  • Description: town in Slovakia
  • Also known as: “Bystrica”, “Povazske Bystraica”, and “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. It was built in the 14th century by the Royal Hungarian János Podmanitzky owner of castle Považský hrad.

Church
Photo: Peter Mikšík, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Stadium
Štadión MŠK is a multi-use in Považská Bystrica, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of MŠK Považská Bystrica. The stadium is now in reconstruction since 2021. New capacity will be 2,200 – 2,300.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Považské Podhradie and Dolný Moštenec.

Suburb
Photo: Rios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Považská Bystrica.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a town section of in the of north-western . is situated 3 km south of Považská Bystrica.

Suburb
Photo: Jakub CA, CC BY 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km east of Považská Bystrica.

Považská Bystrica

Latitude
49.11593° or 49° 6′ 57″ north
Longitude
18.44699° or 18° 26′ 49″ east
Population
41,900
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SK PBY
Open location code
8FXW4C8W+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26035956
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3058060
Wiki­data ID
Q319787
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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: “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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Vietnamese: “Považská Bystrica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Považská Bystrica”

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