Nowa Ruda is a town situated in south-western Poland within the Kłodzko County of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is located near the Czech border and lies along the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountain range.
As of 2019, the town had a population of 22,067 inhabitants. While Nowa Ruda serves as the seat of the rural district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, it is not geographically part of that specific territory.