Málinec (Hungarian: Málnapatak, German: Malintz) is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

In the near o Málinec is water reservoir, which supplies several locations in Poltár District.

The village is a starting point of the cycling event Novohradský cyklomaratón.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Málinec was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

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