Nováky () () is a town in the Prievidza District, TrenÃÂÃÂn Region in western Slovakia. Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant is located near the town. Until 1920 in the Kingdom of Hungary.
The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.
The town is located in the upper Nitra River valley, between the VtáÃÂnik and StrÃ¡à ¾ovské vrchy ranges, about from Prievidza.
The first written record about Nováky was in 1113 as Nuovac.
In 1942, during the reign of the Nazi puppet government of "Independent" Slovakia, nearby barracks were used for the assembly and detention of Slovak Jews from all over the country, pending their deportation to Nazi death camps in German-occupied Poland. The camp was guarded by the Slovak Hlinka Guard militia.
Nováky has had town status since 1961.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
According to the 2001 census, the town had 4,402 inhabitants. 97.32% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.89% Czechs, 0.41 Roma and 0.25% Hungarians. The religious make-up was 75.91% Roman Catholics, 18.06% people with no religious affiliation and 1.57% Lutherans.