Ružomberok

Ružomberok
Town
Coat of arms
Ružomberok Location in Slovakia Ružomberok Ružomberok (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 49°04′43″N 19°18′30″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina
District	Ružomberok
First mentioned	1233
Government
• Mayor	Ľubomír Kubáň
Area
• Total	126.71 km2 (48.92 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	26,794
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	034 01
Area code	+421 44
Car plate	RK
Website	www.ruzomberok.eu

Ružomberok (German: Rosenberg; Hungarian: Rózsahegy; Polish: Rużomberk) is a town in northern Slovakia. It is in the Žilina Region. About 27,000 people live there.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count:	30,664	29,979	27,284	26,099
Progress:		-2.23%	-8.98%	-4.34%

Population statistics

Year:	2024	2025
Count:	26,384	26,099
Progress:		-1.08%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	25,344	92.47%
Not found out	1772	6.46%
Total	27,407

In year 2021 was 27,407 people by ethnicity 25,344 as Slovak, 1772 as Not found out, 230 as Romani, 216 as Czech, 91 as Other, 68 as Hungarian, 55 as Russian, 48 as Ukrainian, 32 as Rusyn, 28 as Polish, 25 as Vietnamese, 20 as German, 13 as Serbian, 12 as Irish, 11 as Chinese, 9 as Italian, 9 as Moravian, 8 as English, 6 as French, 4 as Jewish, 4 as Silesian, 4 as Austrian, 3 as Romanian, 3 as Croatian, 3 as Bulgarian, 2 as Turkish, 1 as Canadian, 1 as Iranian and 1 as Albanian.

Note on populationThe 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 he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	17,093	62.37%
None	6327	23.09%
Not found out	1976	7.21%
Evangelical Church	1159	4.23%
Total	27,407

In year 2021 was 27,407 people by religion 17,093 from Roman Catholic Church, 6327 from None, 1976 from Not found out, 1159 from Evangelical Church, 218 from Greek Catholic Church, 127 from Ad hoc movements, 79 from Other, 67 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 67 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 54 from Baptists Church, 42 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 41 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 27 from Buddhism, 25 from Islam, 17 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 17 from United Methodist Church, 16 from Old Catholic Church, 16 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 15 from Calvinist Church, 8 from Jewish community, 5 from Apostolic Church, 4 from Hinduism, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 2 from Church of the Brethren, 1 from New Apostolic Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Twin towns

Ružomberok is twinned with:

• Bački Petrovac, Serbia
• Děčín, Czech Republic
• Gospić, Croatia
• Hlučín, Czech Republic
• Kroměříž, Czech Republic

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine