Novoť

Novoť (Hungarian: Novoty) is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

The beginnings of the village date back to 1691, it belonged to the Orava Castle. Initially, the village was known under the name Jurkov. In addition to agriculture, the population in the past was engaged in the cultivation of flax, the production of shingles and canvas, logging and the production of wooden dishes.

Novoť is one of the younger Zamagura municipalities, it was originally named after its founder Jurčákov. Trenches built by the German army before the end of World War II have been preserved in the cadastre of the village. There are 16 chapels, crosses and shrines in the village and in the village. Similar to Oravská Lesná and Zákamenné, the village is inhabited by scattered buildings. The road to Poland passes through the village, which enables the connection of Orava with Poland, Kysuce, but especially with the Czech Republic. The distance from the border to the D3 highway is only 27 km, to the Czech border 41 km. The hiking trail Pilsko-Babia hora passes through the cadastre of the village.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1691.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 752 metres (2,467 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 37.97 km² (14.66 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 3818 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 3713 people by ethnicity 3679 as Slovak, 156 as Not found out, 21 as Czech, 11 as Polish, 8 as Other, 6 as Ukrainian, 4 as Russian, 2 as Austrian, 2 as German, 2 as Hungarian and 1 as Romanian.

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 3713 people by religion 3568 from Roman Catholic Church, 83 from None, 19 from Not found out, 11 from Greek Catholic Church, 11 from Evangelical Church, 10 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 3 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Other, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church.