Turzovka () is a town in the ÃÂadca District, à ½ilina Region in north-western Slovakia.
The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968.
This town became well known by the Marian apparitions reported by MatÃºà ¡ Laà ¡ut between 1958 and 1962.
The town museum was established on October 1, 2015.
It lies in the Kysuca river valley, surrounded by the mountain ranges of Beskydy and JavornÃÂky.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
According to the 2010 census, the town had 7,802 inhabitants. The largest minority group were Czech 0.75% and Roma 0.27%. The religious make-up was 92.74% Roman Catholics and 0.2% Lutherans, most of the others giving no affiliation.
Turzovka is twinned with: