TheŽilina Region (Slovak:Žilinskýkraj;Polish:Kraj żyliński;Hungarian:Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eightSlovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists from 1996. It is a more industrial region with several large towns.Žilina is the region administrative center and there is a strong cultural environment inMartin.
After the fall ofGreat Moravia in the early 9th century, the area became part of theKingdom of Hungary in the 11th century practically to 1920. Before the break it was part of the Hungarian counties ofTrencsén,Turóc,Árva andLiptó. After incorporation into Czechoslovakia, the counties continued to exist under their Slovak names ofTrenčín,Turiec,Orava andLiptov, but only to 1923, when they were replaced by (grand) counties ((veľ)župy) From 1928 it was part of the administrative unit "Slovak Land". During theWWII Slovak Republic, the area was split between Trenčín and Tatra counties. Since 1928 it was part of the administrative after reincorporation into Czechoslovakia in 1945, the pre-war state was restored. In 1949-1960 there was a unit with the name Žilina Region but it was abolished in 1960 and the area became part of new Central Slovak Region, of which it was part until 1990 (except 1969-70) when it was abolished. After the independence of Slovakia in 1993, the current region was established in 1996. Since the administrative regions became autonomous in 2002, it is governed by the Žilina Self-Governing Region.
The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.
From the stagnation in the 1990s the region now enjoys relative prosperity. The main employers are industry and tourism. Theriver Váh valley, which runs across the entire region, forms a strong industrial base with wood pulp and engineering factories as well asVolkswagen andKia plants inŽilina andMartin.
Current governor of Žilina region is Erika Jurinová (OĽaNO) - first woman in this office in Slovakia. She won with 32 %. In election 2022 was elected also to the regional parliament :
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