| Žarnovica | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Žarnovica |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Žarnovica in the Banská Bystrica Region |
| Coordinates: | 48.48°N 18.7181°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Alena Kazimírová |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1332 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 30.40 |
| Elevation M: | 252[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 827 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 5729 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 966 81 |
| Area Code: | +421 45 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | ZC |
| Website: | www.zarnovica.sk |
| Area Note: | |
Žarnovica (German: Scharnowitz; Hungarian: Zsarnóca) is a town and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia. The town is situated in the Hron river valley. It has a population of around 6,000 people.
The first written mention about Žarnovica is dated to 1332.
Žarnovica lies at an altitude of 230m (760feet) above sea level and covers an area of 30.4km2.[4] It is located in the Žiar Basin in central Slovakia, on the Hron River, between Vtáčnik and Štiavnické vrchy mountain ranges.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 6,596 inhabitants. 95.59% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.61% Roma and 0.73% Czechs. The religious make-up was 78.73% Roman Catholics, 15.25% people with no religious affiliation and 1.32% Lutherans.[4]