Prešovský kraj
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| Parent state | Slovakia | ||
| Type of administrative unit | Kraj | ||
| Administrative division | 13 Okresy | ||
| surface | 8,974 km² | ||
| Residents | 826,244 (December 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density | 92.07 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Language (s) | Slovak , Russian | ||
| Religion (s) | Roman Catholic , Greek Catholic , Protestant , Russian Orthodox | ||
| Nationality (s) | Slovaks , Ukrainians , Russians , Roma , Czechs | ||
| Administrative seat / capital | Prešov | ||
| Code number / character | 07 | ||
| Telephone code | +421 | ||
| Time zone | UTC +1 | ||
| Code according to ISO 3166-2 | SK-PV | ||
The Prešovský kraj ( German Eperieser Landschaftsverband ) is an administrative area in north-eastern Slovakia .
Okresy
The Kraj consists of the following 13 okresy :
- Bardejov
- Humenné
- Kežmarok
- Levoča
- Medzilaborce
- Poprad
- Prešov
- Sabinov
- Snina
- Stará Ľubovňa
- Stropkov
- Svidník
- Vranov nad Topľou
geography
The Kraj has an area of 8,974 km², making it the second largest in terms of area and the most populous Kraj with 826,244 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located in Eastern Slovakia . The landscape is diverse, but is dominated by low and high mountain ranges (in the west). This is where the Western and Eastern Carpathians meet . The western part is dominated by the Tatras with partial mountains High Tatras and Bela Tatras , plus a small extension of the Low Tatras extends into the area. Lower mountains are the Kozie Chrbty , Zipser Magura , Pieninen , Leutschauer Berge and the Branisko ; in the north is the Ľubovnianska vrchovina . The population is concentrated in the Untertatra and Hornád valley basins . In the central part around Prešov there is the Šarišská vrchovina , Čergov , Ondavská vrchovina (part of the Low Beskids ), the Slanské vrchy and other mountains, while the city itself and the surrounding communities lie in the Kaschau valley basin . In the east there are some foothills of the Eastern Slovakian lowlands , on the other hand, the landscape here is also predominantly characterized by low mountain ranges. These include the Laborecká vrchovina (part of the Lower Beskids), Bukovské vrchy and the Vihorlat . The main ridge of the Carpathian Mountains is characterized by various historically important passes, such as the Duklapass . A remarkable river is the Poprad in the northwest, which is the only larger Slovak river flowing north and thus belongs to the Vistula river system (flows into the Baltic Sea ). At the same time there is the watershed between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea . Other rivers are the Waag (more precisely their source rivers Black Waag and White Waag ) in the extreme west and a small part of Hornád in the southwest. Other rivers flow mostly in the north-south direction: these include the Torysa , Topľa , Ondava and Laborec . The highest mountain in the Kraj and at the same time the highest mountain in Slovakia and the entire Carpathian Mountains is the Gerlsdorfer Spitze in the High Tatras ( 2654 m nm ); the lowest point is on the Ondava River at Dlhé Klčovo ( 105 m nm ).
There are five national parks that are wholly or partly in the Kraj: Nízke Tatry (NAPANT, Low Tatras), Tatranský národný park (TANAP, Tatra National Park), Pieniny (PIENAP, Pieninen), Slovenský raj (Slovak Paradise) and Poloniny . In addition, two areas are listed as landscape protection areas: Východné Karpaty (Eastern Carpathians) and Vihorlat .
Administratively, the Kraj borders the Polish Voivodeships of Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian in the north and northeast, the Ukrainian Oblast Zakarpattia in the east, the Košický kraj in the south, Banskobystrický kraj in the southwest and Žilinský kraj in the west.
Historical administrative units
There were four counties in the Kingdom of Hungary : Smaller parts of Liptov County were in the far west, while Zips County was in almost the whole of the west. The County Saris was the city Prešov and Zemplén County covered the eastern part of the region. All of these names are still used today under the Slovak names ( Liptov , Spiš , Šariš and Zemplín ).
Development after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918:
- 1918 / 1919–1922: as above, Czechoslovakia
- 1923–1928: Podtatranská župa (Lower Tatras County, in the west) and Košická župa (Kosice County), Czechoslovakia
- 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1940–1945: Tatranská župa (Tatra County) and Šarišsko-zemplínska župa (Sharosh-Semplin County), First Slovak Republic . The area around the village of Stakčín was part of Hungary from 1939 to 1945 as a result of the Slovak-Hungarian War .
- 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1949–1960: Prešovský kraj (Eperies Regional Association) and Košický kraj (Kosice Regional Association) - not to be confused with today's, Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Východoslovenský kraj (Eastern Slovak Regional Association), Czechoslovakia
- since 1996: today's Prešovský kraj
population
Due to the geographical conditions, the population density is only 91 / km², lower than the Slovak average of 111 / km². The capital is Prešov (German Eperies , especially 1939–45 also Germanized Preschau ); other important cities are Poprad , Vysoké Tatry , Bardejov and Humenné (see also the list of districts). In total, the regional association consists of 666 municipalities , including 23 towns and the Valaškovce military area .
According to the 2011 census, exactly 814,527 people lived in Prešovský kraj. The largest part was made up of the Slovaks (668,300 inh., 82%), followed by Roma (43,097 in., 5.3%), Russians (28,835 in., 3.5%), Ukrainians (3,714 inh., 0, 5%) and Czechs (2,610 inhabitants, 0.3%). Other ethnic groups together make up 0.4% (3,340 inh.) Of the population, while 64,631 inhabitants (7.9%) gave no information about the ethnic group. Traditionally, Gorals and Carpathian Germans also live in the region .
In terms of denominations, the Roman Catholic Church is the most widespread denomination with 500,619 inhabitants (61.5%), followed by the Greek Catholic Church, which is particularly well represented in eastern Slovakia, with 114,799 inhabitants (14.1%). Furthermore, the residents committed themselves to the Evangelical Church AB (36,989 inhabitants, 4.5%), the Orthodox Church (29,531 inhabitants, 3.6%) and the Jehovah's Witnesses (2,646 inhabitants, 0.3%); a total of 4,496 inhabitants (0.6%) professed a different denomination. 44,983 inhabitants (5.5%) had no denomination and for 78,340 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 .
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)
