Districts of Slovakia
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").
Districts have been units of state administration in Slovakia since the time of the Habsburg monarchy, except for the period from 2004 to late 2013. Today, each district is administered by a "district office" (okresný úrad). Since late 2013, there have been also some special district offices being responsible (regarding some selected issues) not for the territory of a district, but for the territory of a Region (kraj) - they are called "district office at the seat of a Region" (okresný úrad v sídle kraja).
In the period from 2004 to late 2013, the district offices were abolished and replaced by "circuit offices" (obvodný úrad), which were usually responsible for several districts (except for the Nové Zámky District, which was one district with two circuit offices).
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 |
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