| Tornaľa | |
| Other Name: | Tornalja |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Revúca |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tornaľa in the Banská Bystrica Region |
| Coordinates: | 48.4222°N 20.3303°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Erika Győrfi |
| Leader Party: | HLAS-SDSzövetség-AlianciaSme Rodina |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1245 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 57.70 |
| Elevation M: | 182[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 597 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 6791 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 982 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 47 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | RA |
| Website: | www.mestotornala.sk |
| Area Note: | |
Tornaľa (formerly Šafárikovo, Hungarian: Tornalja) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia, with a population of approximately 7,000.
The first written record of the settlement dates back from 1245. The town was located in the Kingdom of Hungary until the second half of the 19th century. During the periods 1554 - 1593 and 1596 - 1686, Tornaľa was ruled by the Ottoman Empire as part of Filek sanjak with its centre in Rimaszombat). Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Tornaľa was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1938 to 1944, it was again part of Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Award. On 19 December 1944, Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front entered Tornaľa. It became part of Czechoslovakia once again.
Tornaľa lies at an altitude of 183m (600feet) above sea level and covers an area of 57.768km2. It is located in the historical Gemer region and lies on the Slaná river.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 8,169 inhabitants. 62.14% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 29.77% Slovaks, 6.70% Roma and 0.50% Czech.[4] Religioun is made up of 49.37% Roman Catholics, 17.03% people with no religious affiliation and 7.33% Lutherans.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
Heves, Hungary Putnok, Hungary
Tarnów, Poland
Valea lui Mihai, Romania