Zborov nad Bystricou

Zborov nad Bystricou (Hungarian: Felsőzboró) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1662. Before 1918 the official name was Felsozboró, or only Zboró. The total population in 1910 was 1,607 which included mostly Roman Catholic Slovaks. The region was devastated by the attacks of Tartars in the 13th century and the first settlers came here after 1400AD (Stara Bystrica). Zborov nad Bystricou were founded by the Valach colonists in the 15th century.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 419 metres (1,375 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 18.70 km² (7.22 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 2137 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 2187 people by ethnicity 2163 as Slovak, 17 as Not found out, 16 as Czech, 5 as Other, 4 as Polish, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Romanian, 1 as Hungarian, 1 as Canadian and 1 as Bulgarian.

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 2187 people by religion 2055 from Roman Catholic Church, 77 from None, 17 from Not found out, 9 from Evangelical Church, 6 from Greek Catholic Church, 5 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Other, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Islam.