Veterná Poruba (Hungarian: Szélporuba, formerly Szélesporuba)[5] is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Veterná Poruba was part of Liptó County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Not far from Veterná Poruba is the former village of Svätý Štefan, which was first mentioned in 1272 and was named after the patronage of the local church.

The municipality lies in the middle part of the Liptov basin on the ridge of the hill Štefanka at an altitude of 820 meters, which belongs to the higher sub-Tatra villages.

[7] It has a population of about 380 people [6] The village relies on Liptovský Mikuláš for a tax office and police and fire brigade services.