ÃÂadca (; until 1918 ÃÂatca, CzaÃÂa, , ) is a district town in northern Slovakia, near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.
The name is derived from a word ÃÂad (smoke, soot; Proto-Slavic: ÃÂadÃÂ, Slovak/Czech: ÃÂad, Polish: czad ). The form ÃÂadca is a toponymic appellative. The name was probably motivated by the burning glades.
It is located south of the Jablunkov Pass, surrounded by the JavornÃÂky, Kysucké Beskydy and Turzovská vrchovina mountain ranges. It lies in the valley of the Kysuca river, around north of à ½ilina and is part of the historic region of Kysuce. A Goral minority lives in the surroundings.
ÃÂadca 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 ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
One of the world's largest (and last) producers of vacuum tubes, JJ Electronic has a factory in ÃÂadca.
ÃÂadca railway station is the town's main station. It forms part of the cross-border à ½ilinaâÂÂÃÂadcaâÂÂSvrÃÂinovec zastávkaâÂÂMosty 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, BohumÃÂn or Prague, operated by trains of the ÃÂeské dráhy and LEO Express companies, and to Poland, there are trains towards Zwardoà Â.
ÃÂadca is twinned with:
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"