| Málinec | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Poltár |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Málinec in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Málinec in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.5°N 60°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1514 |
| Area Total Km2: | 49.99[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.30 |
| Elevation M: | 527[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,729 |
| Population Total: | 1387[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 27.83[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 10.75 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 985 26 |
| Area Code: | +421 47 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | PT |
| Website: | malinec.sk |
Málinec (Hungarian: Málnapatak, German: Malintz) is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. It is located 13 km north of the district center. In the near o Málinec is water reservoir, which supplies several locations in Poltár District. The village is a starting point of the cycling event Novohradský cyklomaratón.
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Málinec was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.