Žilinský kraj
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| Parent state | Slovakia | ||
| Type of administrative unit | Kraj | ||
| Administrative division | 11 Okresy | ||
| surface | 6,809 km² | ||
| Residents | 691,509 (December 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density | 101.56 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Language (s) | Slovak , Polish | ||
| Religion (s) | Roman Catholic | ||
| Nationality (s) | Slovaks , Poland | ||
| Administrative seat / capital | Žilina | ||
| Code number / character | 05 | ||
| Telephone code | +421 | ||
| Time zone | UTC +1 | ||
| Code according to ISO 3166-2 | SK-ZI | ||
The Žilinský kraj ( Silleine Regional Association ) is an administrative area in northern Slovakia .
Okresy
The Kraj consists of the following 11 okresy :
- Bytča
- Čadca
- Dolny Kubin
- Kysucké Nové Mesto
- Liptovský Mikuláš
- Martin
- Námestovo
- Ružomberok
- Turčianske Teplice
- Tvrdošín
- Žilina
geography
The Kraj has an area of 6,809 km² and 691,509 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located in northern Slovakia. The mountainous landscape is shaped by the Western Carpathians and various valleys and basins, without a share of lowlands. In the northwest there are parts of the White Carpathians and the Javorník Mountains , which form the border with Moravia . The Beskids ( Moravian-Silesian Beskids ) begin in the region of the Jablunka Pass at the border triangle of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland . On the Slovak side they are listed as Slovenské Beskydy . In the area of Žilina and its Žilinská kotlina basin there is the Little Fatra , which is divided by a valley of the Váh. The traditional landscape of the Turz is taken up by the Turčianska kotlina ( Turz Basin). To the east and northeast of it are the Great Fatra and another breakthrough valley of the Waag. Other mountains in the eastern part of the Kraj are the Oravská Magura , Chočské vrchy , the West Tatras and the Low Tatras ; between the last two mentioned lies the great Lower Tatras in the Liptov region .
The most important river of the Kraj is the Waag , which crosses it from east to west. Larger tributaries are the Orava , Turiec , Kysuca and Rajčanka . There are two major reservoirs in the region: the Liptauer Reservoir ( Liptovská Mara ) at the Waag in Liptovsky Mikulas and the Orava Reservoir in Tvrdošín. The highest mountain is the Bystrá in the Western Tatras ( 2248 m nm ); the lowest point is on the Waag near Predmier ( 301 m nm ).
Four national parks are fully or partially in the Kraj: Malá Fatra (Little Fatra), Veľká Fatra (Big Fatra), Nízke Tatry (NAPANT, Low Tatras) and the Tatranský národný park (TANAP, Tatra National Park). In addition, three areas are listed as landscape protection areas: Horná Orava , Kysuce and Strážovské vrchy .
Administratively, the Kraj borders the Polish Voivodeship Silesia and Lesser Poland Voivodeship in the north, Prešovský kraj in the east, Banskobystrický kraj in the south, Trenčiansky kraj in the southwest and the Czech Zlínský kraj and Moravskoslezský kraj in the north-west.
Historical administrative units
There were four counties in the Kingdom of Hungary : Trenčín county in the west, Turz county in the southwest, Arwa county in the north and Liptov county in the east. With the exception of the first county, the Slovak names are still used.
Development after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918:
- 1918 / 1919–1922: as above, Czechoslovakia
- 1923–1928: Považská župa (Waager County) and Podtatranská župa (Lower Tatras County), Czechoslovakia
- 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1940–1945: Trenčianska župa (Trenčín County) and Tatranská župa (Tatra County), First Slovak Republic
- 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1949–1960: Žilinský kraj (Sillein Regional Association) - not to be confused with today's, Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Stredoslovenský kraj (Central Slovak Regional Association), Czechoslovakia
- since 1996: today's Žilinský kraj
population
The population density is 101 / km², slightly lower than the Slovak average (110 / km²). The capital is Žilina ( Sillein ), other important cities are Martin , Ružomberok ( Rosenberg ) and Liptovský Mikuláš ( Liptau-Sankt Nikolaus ). The regional association consists of 315 municipalities , 19 of which are cities.
According to the 2011 census, exactly 688,851 people lived in Žilinský kraj. The Slovaks (641,602 inh., 93.1%), followed by the Czechs (4,195 inh., 0.6%), Roma (2,264 inh., 0.3%), Poles (562 inh., 0.3%) 0.1%) and Magyars (553 inhabitants, 0.1%). Other ethnic groups together make up 0.4% (2,501 inh.) Of the population, while 37,134 inhabitants (5.4%) gave no information about the ethnic group.
In terms of denominations, the Roman Catholic Church is the most widespread denomination with 483,008 inhabitants (70.1%), followed by the Evangelical Church AB (61,537 inh., 8.9%) and the Greek Catholic Church (2,016 inh., 0, 3%). Furthermore, the residents committed themselves to the Methodist Church (1,213 inhabitants, 0.2%), the Jehovah's Witnesses (1,113 inhabitants, 0.2%), the Orthodox Church (785 inhabitants, 0.1%) and on the Pentecost Movement (683 pop., 0.1%); a total of 4,505 inhabitants (0.7%) professed a different denomination. 75,483 inhabitants (11%) had no denomination and for 58,508 inhabitants (9.6%) no denomination was determined.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kopa, Ľudovít et al .: The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks . Encyclopedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences ( Memento of June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Bratislava 2006, ISBN 80-224-0925-1 .
- ^ Kováč, Dušan et al .: Kronika Slovenska 2 . Fortuna Print, Bratislava 1999, ISBN 80-88980-08-9 .
- ^ But see: Czechoslovak-Polish border conflicts
- ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ( Memento of February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)
