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town in Slovakia
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Nová Dubnica (pronunciationⓘ; German: Neudubnitz; Hungarian: Újtölgyes; Czech: Nová Dubnice) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 258 metres (846 ft) and covers an area of 11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi) ().
It is located in the Ilava Basin at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains.
The town was established in the 1950s originally for the purpose of housing workers of the local heavy machinery factory Závody ťažkého strojárstva. Therefore, it can be described as a bedroom community. Construction started in 1951, and became separate from Dubnica nad Váhom and from parts of cadastral areas of Trenčianske Teplice and Veľký Kolačin municipalities in 1957 and was named Nová Dubnica and received town rights in 1960. In 1971 municipality of Kolačín made of Malý Kolačín and Velký Kolačín was annexed to the town.
It has a population of 10,130 people (31 December 2025).
In year 2021 was 10,884 people by ethnicity 10,137 as Slovak, 637 as Not found out, 184 as Czech, 35 as Other, 27 as Hungarian, 23 as Russian, 12 as German, 10 as Ukrainian, 10 as Rusyn, 9 as English, 7 as Moravian, 6 as Italian, 6 as Serbian, 4 as Romani, 4 as Polish, 3 as Jewish, 3 as Croatian, 2 as Korean, 2 as Canadian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Turkish, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Austrian and 1 as Albanian.
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 10,884 people by religion 5924 from Roman Catholic Church, 3589 from None, 784 from Not found out, 257 from Evangelical Church, 56 from Greek Catholic Church, 44 from Ad hoc movements, 34 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 32 from Other, 31 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 25 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 22 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 15 from Calvinist Church, 15 from Apostolic Church, 8 from Buddhism, 7 from Islam, 5 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 4 from Jewish community, 2 from Hinduism, 2 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2 from Baptists Church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The cinema Panorex, which is used for organizing cultural events, was the first panoramic cinema in Slovakia.
Nová Dubnica is twinned with:
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