Bratislava Region

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Bratislava Region
Bratislavský kraj
Region
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Country Slovakia
Capital Bratislava
Government
 • BodyCounty Council of Bratislava Region
 • Governor Juraj Droba (SaS)
Area
 • Total
2,053 km2 (793 sq mi)
Highest elevation
754 m (2,474 ft)
Lowest elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01) [1]
 • Total
719,537
 • Density350.5/km2 (907.7/sq mi)
GDP
[2] [3]
 • Total€30.709 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€42,679 (2022)
ISO 3166 code SK-BL
HDI (2022)0.945 [4]
very high · 1st
Website bratislavskykraj.sk

The Bratislava Region [a] is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. Its capital is Bratislava. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders exist from 1996. It is the smallest of the eight regions of Slovakia as well as the most urbanized, most developed and most productive by GDP per capita.

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Geography

The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km2 and a population of 622,706 (2009), and there now being a population of 736,385 (2024). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize. Major rivers in the region are the Morava River, the Danube and the Little Danube; the last of these, together with the Danube, encircle the Žitný ostrov in the south-east. There are three protected landscape areas in the region: the Little Carpathians, Záhorie and Dunajské luhy. The region borders Trnava Region in the north and east, Győr-Moson-Sopron county in Hungary in the south, Burgenland in Austria in the south-west and Lower Austria in the west.

History

The first known permanent settlement of the area of today's Bratislava was the Linear Pottery Culture, around 5000 BC in the Neolithic era. Around 200 BC, the Celtic Boii tribe established an oppidum on the site of today's Bratislava Castle. The Romans established their camp Gerulata on the right bank of the Danube in the 1st century[ clarification needed ] and remained there until the 4th century. The area was part of the Principality of Nitra and later, in the 9th century, of Great Moravia. From the 10th century onwards, it became part of the Principality of Hungary (later the Kingdom of Hungary) and almost the whole area was part of Pozsony county (the exception being three villages south of Bratislava which were part of Moson county). After the break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918, region was newly defined in 1923 and present Bratislava region approximately copies its 1923 borders. Bratislava Regio was abolished in 1928 and replaced by a new territorial unit called the "Slovak Land". During the WWII Slovak Republic, Bratislava county was restored, albeit with somewhat modified borders. After the restoration of Czechoslovakia, the pre-breakup status was restored. From 1949 to 1960 a unit named Bratislava Region existed, but it was replaced in 1960 by the Western Slovak Region (except[ clarification needed ] from 1 July 1969 to 28 December 1970; Bratislava was partly separate from 1968, and from 1971 it was a separate region). After abolition of the regions in 1990, the current system was introduced in 1996. Since the administrative regions became autonomous in 2002, it has been governed by the Bratislava Self-Governing Region.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1970459,975—    
1980543,800+18.2%
1991606,351+11.5%
2001599,015−1.2%
2011602,436+0.6%
2021719,537+19.4%
Source: Censuses [5] [6]

Although it is the smallest region of Slovakia by area, it does not have the lowest population. The largest city is Bratislava (425,459) and the second largest is Pezinok (21,334). The region has a high level of urbanization (83.2%). According to the 2001 census, there were 599,015 inhabitants in the region, with most of them being Slovaks (91.2%), with minorities of Hungarians (4.6%) and Czechs (1.6%). [7]

Economy

The economy of the Bratislava Region accounts for about a quarter(EUR 20 billion) of the Slovak GDP. Bratislava has one of the highest GDP per capita at PPP of among whole E.U. €51,200(~$70,000). [8] It is marked by a strong tertiary sector, while the primary sector has a share of only around 1% and the secondary sector around 20%. [9] Important branches include chemical, automobile, machine, electrotechnical and food industries. [10]

Politics

The current governor of the Bratislava region is Juraj Droba (SaS). He won with 20.4&%. In the 2017 election, the regional parliament was elected as well:

County Council of Bratislava region
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Type
Type
HousesCounty Council
Leadership
Governor
Structure
Seats53
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Political groups
  Liberal group (27) [b]
  Mayors for region (13) [c]
  Independent group (9)
  Non-affiliated (4) [d]
Elections
Last election
 29 October 2022
Meeting place
Urad Bratislavskeho samospravneho kraja - 47582061192.jpg
Governor's office, Bratislava
Website
Council of Bratislava region

2022 elections

Droba (SaS) won the 2022 governor's elections against several other candidates.

Summary of the 29 October 2022 regional election results in Bratislava region
Candidates2022 Results
%Votes
Juraj Droba (Liberal [e] )63.60136 983
Ján Mažgút (Nationalist [f] )13.4228 911
Ivan Bošňák (Centre-right [g] )8.5618 445
Dušan Velič (Centre-right [h] )8.0817 420
Others6.2913 592
Total219 179
  1. ↑ (Slovak: Bratislavský kraj , pronounced [ˈbracislawskiːˈkraj] ; German: Pressburger/Bratislavaer Landschaftsverband (until 1919); Hungarian: Pozsonyi kerület)
  2. ↑ SaS, PS, Team Bratislava
  3. ↑
      I am Slovakia (6)
      STANK (2)
      Tím Ružinov (2)
      Independent (2)
      Voice (1)
  4. ↑
      Independent (2)
      Alliance (1)
      Good Choice (1)
  5. ↑ SaS , PS, TB
  6. ↑ Direction , SNS
  7. ↑ Together, Chance, ODS, DS
  8. ↑ KDH, ZĽ , SR, MF

2017 elections

Droba (SaS) won the 2017 governor's elections against several other candidates.

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Political partySeats won+/-PercentageElectoral leader [11]
Independents 25Increase2.svg 1950,00%Martin Zaťovič
Centre-right coalition [12] 17Decrease2.svg 534,00%Elena Pätoprstá
Coalition led by Smer–SD [13] 6Decrease2.svg 812,00%Vladimír Bajan
Doma Dobre  [ sk ]1Increase2.svg 12,00%Peter Tydlitát
Nezávislé fórum  [ sk ]1Steady2.svg 12,00%Alžbeta Ožvaldová

2013 elections

Pavol Frešo (SDKÚ–DS) won the 2013 governor's elections over the centre-left candidate Monika Beňová (Smer–SD). Pavol Frešo was also supported by SaS, OKS, Most–Híd, SMK-MKP, KDH and SZ.

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Political partySeats won+/-PercentageElectoral leader
KDH [14] 9Increase2.svg 120,46%Dušan Pekár
Most–Híd [15] 7Increase2.svg 615,91%Attila Horváth
SaS [16] 7Increase2.svg 615,91%Vladimír Sloboda
SDKÚ–DS [17] 6Decrease2.svg 413,64% Ivo Nesrovnal
Independents 6Increase2.svg 413,64%Rudolf Kusý
SMK-MKP [18] 3Decrease2.svg 26,82%Zuzana Schwartzová
OKS [19] 2Decrease2.svg 14,55% Ondrej Dostál
Smer–SD 1Decrease2.svg 122,27%Peter Fitz
NaS–NS  [ sk ]1Increase2.svg 12,27%Oskar Dobrovodský
Nezávislé fórum  [ sk ]1Steady2.svg 12,27%Marta Černá
ZZ–DÚ 1Increase2.svg 12,27%Elena Pätoprstá

2009 elections

The 2009 regional elections were won by Pavol Frešo (SDKÚ–DS) over the independent candidate Vladimír Bajan. Pavol Frešo was also supported by SaS, OKS, SMK-MKP and KDH.

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Political partySeats won+/-PercentageElectoral leader
Smer–SD [20] 13Increase2.svg 329,55% Milan Ftáčnik
SDKÚ–DS [21] 10Decrease2.svg 622,73%Ladislav Snopko
KDH [22] 8Increase2.svg 218,18%Dušan Pekár
SMK-MKP [23] 5Steady2.svg 011,36%Zuzana Schwartzová
OKS [24] 3Increase2.svg 16,82% František Šebej
Independents 2Decrease2.svg 14,55%Rudolf Kusý
ĽS–HZDS [25] 1Increase2.svg 12,27%Ladislav Balla
Most–Híd 1New2,27%Alžbeta Ožvaldová
SaS 1New2,27%Anna Zemanová

Administrative division

The Bratislava Region consists of 8 districts: Malacky, Pezinok, Senec and 5 districts of Bratislava (Bratislava I – Bratislava V, which form the city of Bratislava).

There are 73 municipalities in the region, of which 7 are towns.

DistrictArea [km2] [26] Population [27]
Bratislava I 9.5947,635
Bratislava II 92.49126,649
Bratislava III 74.6778,125
Bratislava IV 96.70105,137
Bratislava V 94.20121,843
Malacky 949.5179,982
Pezinok 375.5370,063
Senec 359.88106,951

Places of interest

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "SODB2021 – ObyvateliA–Základné výsledky".
    2. ↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
    3. ↑ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    4. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    5. ↑ "Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011" (PDF) (in Slovak).
    6. ↑ "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 1 January 2021.
    7. ↑ "POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 – Tab. 3a". 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2006.
    8. ↑ "Statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
    9. ↑ Eurostat Archived 28 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    10. ↑ "Chyba: Požadovaná stránka není dostupná". region-bsk.sk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
    11. ↑ The highest number of votes in preferential voting.
    12. ↑ SaS, OKS, OĽaNO, NOVA, KDH, SMK-MKP ZZ–DÚ
    13. ↑ Smer–SD, Most–Híd, SZ, SDKÚ–DS, SKOK–ELD, STANK
    14. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SDKÚ–DS, SaS, OKS, SZ, Most–Híd, SMK-MKP.
    15. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SDKÚ–DS, SaS, OKS, SZ, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    16. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SDKÚ–DS, Most–Híd, OKS, SZ, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    17. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SaS, Most–Híd, OKS, SZ, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    18. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SaS, Most–Híd, OKS, SZ, KDH, SDKÚ–DS.
    19. ↑ Candidated as coalition with SaS, Most–Híd, SMK-MKP, SZ, KDH, SDKÚ–DS.
    20. ↑ In coalition SZS, ĽS–HZDS, Smer–SD, HZD.
    21. ↑ In coalition SDKÚ–DS, OKS, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    22. ↑ In coalition SDKÚ–DS, OKS, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    23. ↑ In coalition SDKÚ–DS, OKS, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    24. ↑ In coalition SDKÚ–DS, OKS, KDH, SMK-MKP.
    25. ↑ In coalition SZS, ĽS–HZDS, Smer–SD, HZD.
    26. ↑ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7015rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7015rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    27. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7102rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

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