Districts of Slovakia

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Districts (okresy) of Slovakia

An okres (in English district) is an administrative unit in Slovakia. It is inferior to a Region and superior to a municipality.

Characteristics

Several districts form a "Region" (Slovak "kraj"). One district, on the other hand, consists of several "municipalities" (Slovak "obec"), which in turn consist of "cadastral areas" (Slovak "katastrálne územie").

While both Regions and municipalities are currently both units of state administration and self-governing entities, the districts are little more than statistical units. In the late 20th century, the situation was different in that each district had its own District Office (Okresný úrad), representing the state in the district, but as from January 1, 2004 these offices were abolished and replaced by Circuit Offices (Obvodný úrad), which are usually responsible for several districts (except for the Nové Zámky District, which is one district with two Circuit Offices) and have little responsibilities.

Slovakia has currently 79 districts, the capital of Bratislava being divided into 5 districts and the city of Košice in 4 districts. The districts are named after the biggest town in the district (formerly known as the "district towns").

For history see: Okres

Districts of Slovakia

The following table gives an overview of the districts, along with the population, area, and location within Slovakia.

District	Population	Area in km²	Region (kraj)
Banská Bystrica	111,946	809	Banská Bystrica
Banská Štiavnica	16,638	292	Banská Bystrica
Bardejov	75,793	937	Prešov
Bánovce nad Bebravou	38,640	462	Trencín
Brezno	65,785	1,265	Banská Bystrica
Bratislava I	42,858	10	Bratislava
Bratislava II	108,316	92	Bratislava
Bratislava III	61,418	75	Bratislava
Bratislava IV	92,926	92	Bratislava
Bratislava V	119,441	94	Bratislava
Bytca	30,879	282	Žilina
Cadca	92,843	761	Žilina
Detva	33,426	475	Banská Bystrica
Dolný Kubín	39,364	490	Žilina
Dunajská Streda	114,217	1,075	Trnava
Galanta	94,533	641	Trnava
Gelnica	31,365	584	Košice
Hlohovec	45,247	267	Trnava
Humenné	64,845	754	Prešov
Ilava	62,042	359	Trencín
Kežmarok	63,231	840	Prešov
Komárno	108,556	1,100	Nitra
Košice I	68,089	87	Košice
Košice II	79,934	81	Košice
Košice III	30,349	18	Košice
Košice IV	56,634	59	Košice
Košice – okolie	106,999	1,533	Košice
Krupina	22,841	585	Banská Bystrica
Kysucké Nové Mesto	33,778	190	Žilina
Levice	120,021	1,551	Nitra
Levoca	31,880	357	Prešov
Liptovský Mikuláš	73,984	1,341	Žilina
Lucenec	72,837	797	Banská Bystrica
Malacky	64,354	950	Bratislava
Martin	97,813	736	Žilina
Medzilaborce	12,668	427	Prešov
Michalovce	109,121	1,019	Košice
Myjava	29,243	326	Trencín
Námestovo	56,043	691	Žilina
Nitra	163,540	871	Nitra
Nové Mesto nad Váhom	62,708	580	Trencín
Nové Zámky	149,594	1,347	Nitra
Partizánske	48,005	301	Trencín
Pezinok	54,164	376	Bratislava
Piešťany	64,019	381	Trnava
Poltár	23,594	505	Banská Bystrica
Poprad	104,348	1,123	Prešov
Považská Bystrica	65,150	463	Trencín
Prešov	161,782	934	Prešov
Prievidza	140,444	960	Trencín
Púchov	45,761	375	Trencín
Revúca	40,879	730	Banská Bystrica
Rimavská Sobota	82,970	1,471	Banská Bystrica
Rožňava	61,887	1,173	Košice
Ružomberok	59,420	647	Žilina
Sabinov	54,067	484	Prešov
Senec	51,825	361	Bratislava
Senica	60,891	684	Trnava
Skalica	46,757	359	Trnava
Snina	39,633	805	Prešov
Sobrance	23,776	538	Košice
Spišská Nová Ves	93,516	587	Košice
Stará Ľubovňa	50,684	624	Prešov
Stropkov	21,027	389	Prešov
Svidník	33,506	550	Prešov
Šaľa	54,000	356	Nitra
Topolcany	74,089	597	Nitra
Trebišov	103,779	1,074	Košice
Trenčín	112,767	672	Trencín
Trnava	126,864	741	Trnava
Turcianske Teplice	16,720	393	Žilina
Tvrdošín	35,062	479	Žilina
Veľký Krtíš	46,597	849	Banská Bystrica
Vranov nad Toplou	76,504	769	Prešov
Zlaté Moravce	43,622	521	Nitra
Zvolen	67,650	759	Banská Bystrica
Žarnovica	27,634	426	Banská Bystrica
Žiar nad Hronom	48,053	518	Banská Bystrica
Žilina	156,361	815	Žilina

See also

• Boroughs and localities of Bratislava

External links

• (Slovak)Urban and municipal statistics