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This is a list of cities and towns in Slovakia, called mestá (singular mesto) in Slovak. Although mesto is variously translated into English as "town" or "city", there is no such legal distinction in Slovak. As of 25 September 2019, there were 141 cities (miest) in Slovakia. [1]
Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts. More than 5 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, [ 1 ] and the most attractive destinations are the capital of Bratislava and the High Tatras . [ 2 ]
The Bratislava Region is the wealthiest and most economically prosperous region in Slovakia, despite being the smallest by area and having the third smallest population of the eight Slovak regions. It accounts for about 26% of the Slovak GDP. [146] According to GDP per capita, Bratislava is the 19th-richest region in the European Union in 2023 ...
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 obcí (singular obec, "municipality") in Slovakia. [1] They are grouped into 79 districts (okresy, singular okres), in turn grouped into 8 regions (kraje, singular kraj); articles on individual districts and regions list their municipalities.
The region is situated between the High Tatras and the Dunajec River in the north, the springs of the Váh River in the west, the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains (Slovak Ore Mountains) and Hnilec River in the south, and a line running from the town of Stará Ľubovňa, via the Branisko mountain (under which lies the 4,822 m long Branisko Tunnel, currently the longest in Slovakia), to the town ...
According to the 1910 census the town had 7749 inhabitants: 5645 Slovaks, 1401 Hungarians and 667 Germans, 83.6% of the people were Roman Catholic, 13.7% Jewish and 2.1% Lutheran. According to the 2001 census , the town had 23,729 inhabitants. 97.85% of inhabitants were Slovaks , 0.72% Roma and 0.63% Czechs . [ 7 ]
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Slovakia" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Prievidza lies at an altitude of 280 metres (919 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 43.06 square kilometres (16.6 sq mi). [15] The city is situated very near the smaller but more famous town of Bojnice , actually sharing the public transport system.