Podhradie, Martin District

Podhradie (Hungarian: Szucsányváralja) is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1699. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 464 metres (1,522 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 16.39 km² (6.33 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 679 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 682 people by ethnicity 670 as Slovak, 15 as Not found out, 3 as Russian, 3 as Other, 2 as Czech, 2 as Romanian, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Hungarian and 1 as English.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 682 people by religion 383 from Evangelical Church, 148 from None, 112 from Roman Catholic Church, 15 from Not found out, 6 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 5 from Ad hoc movements, 4 from Other, 2 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2 from Greek Catholic Church, 2 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Calvinist Church, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 from Apostolic Church.