Stará Bystrica

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Stará Bystrica

Total population

2,759

Coordinates49.35°, 18.94°

Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Stará Bystrica is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of Northern Slovakia. It is the home to one of the world's youngest astronomical clocks, completed in 2009.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Žilina

• Radôstka
  1.6 mi away · pop. 871
• Klubina
  2.1 mi away · pop. 523
• Lodno
  3.1 mi away · pop. 975
• Nová Bystrica
  3.3 mi away · pop. 2,882
• Lutiše
  3.7 mi away · pop. 794
• Zborov nad Bystricou
  3.7 mi away · pop. 2,275
• Dunajov
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,173
• Krásno nad Kysucou
  5.6 mi away · pop. 6,790
• Kysucký Lieskovec
  5.7 mi away · pop. 2,354
• Horný Vadičov
  6 mi away · pop. 1,569
• Povina
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,171
• Lopušné Pažite
  6.7 mi away · pop. 458

Browse all places in Žilina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Red Odontites

Odontites vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Cabbage Thistle

Cirsium oleraceum

Seen 2026-09-20

colt's-foot

Tussilago farfara

Seen 2026-09-20

Norway spruce

Picea abies

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

mountain pine

Pinus mugo

Seen 2026-09-20

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-20

red raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Seen 2026-09-20

red campion

Silene dioica

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).