| Jelšovec | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lučenec |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jelšovec in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Jelšovec in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.2833°N 55°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1573 |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.13[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.14 |
| Elevation M: | 174[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 571 |
| Population Total: | 334[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 40.88[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 15.78 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 985 32 |
| Area Code: | +421 47 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | LC |
| Website: | www.jelsovec.sk |
Jelšovec (hu|Jelsőc) is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1573 (Jelsewcz, Jelsoch). It belonged to Somoskō castle and in the 17th century to Halič. Until the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it belonged to Hungary and from 1938 to 1945 again.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"