TheBratislava Region[a] is one of theadministrative regions ofSlovakia. Its capital isBratislava. 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.
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 theLittle Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, theZáhorie lowland in the west and the fertileDanubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize. Major rivers in the region are theMorava River, theDanube and theLittle Danube; the last of these, together with the Danube, encircle theŽitný ostrov in the south-east. There are three protected landscape areas in the region: theLittle Carpathians,Záhorie andDunajské luhy. The region bordersTrnava Region in the north and east,Győr-Moson-Sopron county inHungary in the south,Burgenland inAustria in the south-west andLower Austria in the west.
The first known permanent settlement of the area of today's Bratislava was theLinear Pottery Culture, around 5000 BC in theNeolithic era. Around 200 BC, the Celtic Boii tribe established anoppidum on the site of today'sBratislava Castle. The Romans established their campGerulata 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 thePrincipality of Nitra and later, in the 9th century, ofGreat Moravia. From the 10th century onwards, it became part of the Principality of Hungary (later theKingdom of Hungary) and almost the whole area was part ofPozsony county (the exception being three villages south of Bratislava which were part ofMoson county). After the break-up ofAustria-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 theWWII 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.
It has apopulation of 736,385 people (31 December 2024).[8]
Although it is the smallest region of Slovakia by area, it does not have the lowest population. The largest city is Bratislava (479,389) and the second largest isPezinok (24,375).[9]
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.
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).[13] 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%.[14] Important branches include chemical, automobile, machine, electrotechnical and food industries.[15]
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The current governor of the Bratislava region isJuraj Droba (SaS). He won with 20.4&%. In the 2017 election, the regional parliament was elected as well:
The 2009 regional elections were won byPavol Frešo (SDKÚ–DS) over the independent candidate Vladimír Bajan. Pavol Frešo was also supported bySaS,OKS,SMK-MKP andKDH.
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.
Kopa, Ľudovít; et al. (2006).The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks. Bratislava, Slovakia: Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.ISBN80-224-0925-1.
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