Západoslovenský kraj

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Map of the Kraj with Okresy

The Západoslovenský kraj ("West Slovak District") was a territorial unit in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia in the years 1960–1969 and 1970–1990 . Its area was 14,491 km² in 1978 and there were 1,660,030 inhabitants. The state capital was Bratislava , which had been an independent Kraj since 1968/1971, but remained the seat of administration. The largest cities in the late 1970s were Nitra (72,000 inhabitants), Trnava (62,000 inhabitants) and Trenčín (48,000 inhabitants). It bordered in the north on the Czech Jihomoravský kraj, in the east on the Stredoslovenský kraj , in the south on Hungary , in the west on Austria ( Lower Austria , until the end of 1971 also Burgenland ).

The area of ​​the Kraj was mostly low ( Záhorie , Danube lowlands ), some mountains are the Little and White Carpathians in the west to northwest, on the border with Stredoslovenský kraj were z. B. the Strážovské vrchy , Vogelgebirge and Štiavnické vrchy and in Piešťany is the Inowetz . The highest point was the Rokoš mountain ( 1010  m nm ) in the Strážovské vrchy. The most important rivers were the Danube and the lower reaches of the March , Waag , Nitra and Hron .

At the end of 1990 the Kraj was dissolved. The Bratislavský kraj , Trnavský kraj , Nitriansky kraj and partly Trenčiansky kraj are located in the area today .

The district was divided into several districts ("okres"). Below is a table of the circles:

No. Okres Vehicle identification Area
(km²)
Population
(1.1.1978)
density Today's okresy
1 Bratislava-vidiek BH, BY 1,240 142,763 115 Malacky , Pezinok , Senec
2 Dunajská Streda DS 1,078 102.114 95 no change
3 Galanta GA 982 140,477 143 Galanta , Šaľa
4th Komarno KN 1,100 109,245 99 no change
5 Levice LV 1,551 122.964 79 no change
6th Nitra NO 1,443 201,380 140 Nitra , Zlaté Moravce
7th Nové Zámky NZ 1,347 151.975 113 no change
8th Senica SE 1,691 141,670 84 Malacky , Myjava , Senica , Skalica
9 Topoľčany TO 1,360 151,898 112 Bánovce nad Bebravou , Partizánske , Topoľčany
10 Trenčín TN 1,309 173.889 133 Nové Mesto nad Váhom , Trenčín
11 Trnava TT 1,390 221,655 159 Hlohovec , Piešťany , Trnava

source

  • Ctirod Rybár: Československo - sprievodca, Šport Bratislava, 1981