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Čadca (pronunciationⓘ; until 1918 Čatca, Czača, Hungarian: Csaca, Polish: Czadca) is a district town in northern Slovakia, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.
The name is derived from a word čad (smoke, soot; Proto-Slavic: čadъ, Slovak/Czech: čad, Polish: czad ). The form Čadca is a toponymic appellative. The name was probably motivated by the burning glades.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 506 metres (1,660 ft) and covers an area of 56.76 km2 (21.92 sq mi) ().
It is located south of the Jablunkov Pass, surrounded by the Javorníky, Kysucké Beskydy and Turzovská vrchovina mountain ranges. It lies in the valley of the Kysuca river, around 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Žilina and is part of the historic region of Kysuce. A Goral minority lives in the surroundings.
Čadca has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb).
The town was established in the 17th century; the first written reference dates back to 1565 as Tzaczcka. The town charter was granted in 1778.
It has a population of 22,072 people (31 December 2025).
In year 2021 was 23,328 people by ethnicity 21,407 as Slovak, 1791 as Not found out, 241 as Czech, 45 as Other, 34 as Russian, 25 as Romani, 23 as Ukrainian, 18 as Polish, 18 as Hungarian, 12 as German, 10 as Chinese, 10 as Vietnamese, 8 as Italian, 5 as Rusyn, 4 as Jewish, 4 as Moravian, 4 as Canadian, 3 as Serbian, 3 as Croatian, 2 as Irish, 2 as Austrian, 2 as English, 2 as Albanian, 1 as Silesian and 1 as Iranian.
Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.
In year 2021 was 23,328 people by religion 18,429 from Roman Catholic Church, 2451 from None, 1741 from Not found out, 129 from Evangelical Church, 106 from Greek Catholic Church, 105 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 63 from Other, 61 from Ad hoc movements, 54 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 49 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 33 from Buddhism, 23 from Calvinist Church, 22 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 14 from Old Catholic Church, 11 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 7 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6 from Islam, 5 from Jewish community, 5 from Apostolic Church, 4 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 2 from New Apostolic Church, 2 from Hinduism, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Baptists Church and 1 from Bahá'i Community.
One of the world's largest (and last) producers of vacuum tubes, JJ Electronic has a factory in Čadca.
Čadca railway station is the town's main station. It forms part of the cross-border Žilina–Čadca–Svrčinovec zastávka–Mosty u Jablunkova railway (to the Czech Republic), and is also a junction station for two other lines, one of them also cross-border (to Poland).
The station offers services to several destinations in the two cross-border countries. For the Czech Republic, there are many trains to Ostrava, Bohumín or Prague, operated by trains of the České dráhy and LEO Express companies, and to Poland, there are trains towards Zwardoń.
Čadca is twinned with:
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"
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