Banskobystrický kraj
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| Parent state | Slovakia | ||
| Type of administrative unit | Kraj | ||
| Administrative division | 13 Okresy | ||
| surface | 9,454 km² | ||
| Residents | 645,276 (December 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density | 68.25 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Language (s) | Slovak , Hungarian | ||
| Religion (s) | Roman Catholic , Protestant | ||
| Nationality (s) | Slovaks , Hungary | ||
| Administrative seat / capital | Banská Bystrica | ||
| Code number / character | 06 | ||
| Telephone code | +421 | ||
| Time zone | UTC +1 | ||
| Code according to ISO 3166-2 | SK-BC | ||
The Banskobystrický kraj ( Neusohler Landschaftsverband ) is a geographical area in central Slovakia . The area is spatially identical to the self-governing district of Banská Bystrica (Neusohl) .
The Banskobystrický kraj (Neusohler Landschaftsverband) consists of the following 13 sub-units, which are called Okres in Slovakia :
geography
The Banskobystrický kraj has an area of 9,454 km², making it the largest district in terms of area (sl. Kraj ). It has 645,276 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located in central Slovakia. The landscape is mostly mountainous and is shaped by the Western Carpathians and various valleys; generally the altitude decreases from north to south. In the north are the Great Fatra and the Low Tatras , the basin landscape below these two mountains is called Horehronie (roughly: Upper Grantal). In the western parts are the Kremnitzer Mountains , the Vogel Mountains and the Schemnitz Mountains . In the center are the mountains Krupinská planina , Javorie , Poľana and the basin Zvolenská kotlina . From around the town of Detva to the east, the Slovak Ore Mountains, rich in old mining towns, run through the area with its subdivisions (e.g. Muránska planina or Spišsko-gemerský kras ). In the south there is both the long southern Slovak basin and the Cerová vrchovina mountains along the Hungarian border. Larger rivers are the Hron in the northern half and Ipeľ in the center and south; other rivers are the Slatina , Krupinica , Rimava and a small part of the Slaná . The highest mountain is the Ďumbier in the Low Tatras ( 2046 m nm ); the lowest point is on the Štiavnica river near Dudince ( 135 m nm ).
Three national parks are wholly or partly in the Banskobystrický kraj: Nízke Tatry (NAPANT, Low Tatras) and Muránska planina (Muraner Plateau). Next to it is a tiny part of the Slovenský raj National Park (Slovak Paradise) in Banskobystrický kraj. In addition, four other areas are listed as landscape protection areas: Štiavnické vrchy , Poľana and Cerová vrchovina . There is also a small part of Ponitrie .
Administratively, the Banskobystrický kraj borders on the Žilinský kraj in the north, Prešovský kraj in the northeast, Košický kraj in the east, the Hungarian counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén in the southeast and Nógrád in the south, the Nitriansky kraj in the west and Trenčiansky kraj in the northwest.
Historical administrative units
In the Kingdom of Hungary there were several counties: Sohl county was in the center, Gemer and Kleinhont counties in the east, Neograd counties in the south, Hont counties in the southwest and Persch county in the west.
Development after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918:
- 1918 / 1919–1922: as above, Czechoslovakia
- 1923–1928: Zvolenská župa (Sohl County, majority), Považská župa (Waager County, area around the city of Kremnica) and Podtatranská župa (Lower Tatras County, in the east), Czechoslovakia
- 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1940–1945: Pohronská župa (Gran County), First Slovak Republic . The area south of the line (and including) Šahy - Lučenec - Rimavská Sobota - Jelšava was 1938 - 1945 as a result of the First Vienna Award part of Hungary .
- 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1949–1960: Banskobystrický kraj (Neusohl Regional Association) and Košický kraj (Kosice Regional Association) - not to be confused with today's Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Stredoslovenský kraj ("Central Slovak District") and Východoslovenský kraj ("East Slovak District"), Czechoslovakia
- since 1996: today's Banskobystrický kraj (Neusohl Regional Association)
population
The population density is 69 / km², significantly lower than the Slovak average (111 / km²). The capital is Banská Bystrica ( Neusohl ), other important cities are Zvolen ( Altsohl ), Lučenec , Rimavská Sobota ( Groß-Steffelsdorf ) and the old mining towns of Kremnitz ( Kremnica ) and Schemnitz ( Banská Štiavnica ). In total, the Banskobystrický kraj consists of 516 municipalities , including 24 cities and also includes the Lešť military area .
According to the 2011 census, exactly 660,563 people lived in Banskobystrický kraj. The largest part was made up of the Slovaks (505,528 inh., 76.5%), followed by the Magyars (67,596 inh., 10.2%), Roma (15,525 inh., 2.4%) and Czechs (2,941 inh. , 0.4%). Other ethnic groups together make up 0.4% (2,859 inh.) Of the population, while 66,114 inhabitants (10%) gave no information about the ethnic group.
In terms of denomination, the Roman Catholic Church is the most widespread denomination with 361,774 inhabitants (54.8%), followed by the Evangelical Church AB (69,747 inh., 10.6%) and the Reformed (Calvinist) Church (10,675 inh., 1 , 6%). In addition, the population committed to the Greek Catholic Church (5,652 inhabitants, 0.8%), the Methodist Church (2,310 inhabitants, 0.4%), the Jehovah's Witnesses (2,259 inhabitants, 0.3%) ), the Orthodox Church (1,165 inhabitants, 0.2%) and the Pentecostal movement (1,086 inhabitants, 0.2%); a total of 2,870 inhabitants (0.4%) professed a different denomination. 109,945 inhabitants (16.6%) had no denomination and 90,696 inhabitants (13.7%) had no denomination.
economy
Banskobystrický kraj is one of the poorer areas of Slovakia. The average gross wage in 2010 was 739 euros (net wage: 579 euros), below the national average of 831 euros (net wage: 659 euros). Registered unemployment was 15.3% in 2015 (national average: 11.5%); it was particularly high in southern Okresy such as Rimavská Sobota (27.44%) or Revúca (20.24%).
Culture
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 .
- ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ( Memento of February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)
- ↑ statdat.statistics.sk
