List of cities and towns in Slovakia

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This is a list of cities and towns in Slovakia, called mestá (singular mesto) in Slovak. Although mesto is variously translated into English as "town" or "city", there is no such legal distinction in Slovak.

As of 25 September 2019, there were 141 mestá in Slovakia.[1] (For German and Hungarian names of these towns, which are used by the respective ethnic minorities, see articles list of German exonyms for places in Slovakia and list of Hungarian exonyms for places in Slovakia).

List[edit]

Bratislava
Košice
Prešov
Žilina
Nitra
Banská Bystrica
Trnava
Trenčín
Martin
Poprad
Prievidza
Zvolen
Michalovce
Komárno
Spišská Nová Ves
City or town         District Region Population[2]
2019 2001 Change
Bratislava Bratislava I, II, III, IV, V  Bratislava Region 437,725 428,672 +2.11%
Košice Košice I, II, III, IV  Košice Region 238,593 236,093 +1.06%
Prešov Prešov  Prešov Region 88,464 92,786 −4.66%
Žilina Žilina  Žilina Region 80,727 85,400 −5.47%
Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica  Banská Bystrica Region 78,084 83,056 −5.99%
Nitra Nitra  Nitra Region 76,533 87,285 −12.32%
Trnava Trnava  Trnava Region 65,033 70,286 −7.47%
Trenčín Trenčín  Trenčín Region 55,383 57,854 −4.27%
Martin Martin  Žilina Region 54,168 60,133 −9.92%
Poprad Poprad  Prešov Region 51,235 56,157 −8.76%
Prievidza Prievidza  Trenčín Region 45,634 53,097 −14.06%
Zvolen Zvolen  Banská Bystrica Region 42,167 43,789 −3.70%
Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica  Trenčín Region 39,271 42,773 −8.19%
Michalovce Michalovce  Košice Region 38,776 39,948 −2.93%
Nové Zámky Nové Zámky  Nitra Region 37,512 42,262 −11.24%
Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves  Košice Region 37,007 39,193 −5.58%
Komárno Komárno  Nitra Region 33,751 37,366 −9.67%
Humenné Humenné  Prešov Region 32,834 35,157 −6.61%
Levice Levice  Nitra Region 32,735 36,538 −10.41%
Bardejov Bardejov  Prešov Region 32,293 33,247 −2.87%
Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš  Žilina Region 31,000 33,007 −6.08%
Lučenec Lučenec  Banská Bystrica Region 27,739 28,332 −2.09%
Piešťany Piešťany  Trnava Region 27,336 30,606 −10.68%
Ružomberok Ružomberok  Žilina Region 26,558 30,417 −12.69%
Topoľčany Topoľčany  Nitra Region 24,785 28,968 −14.44%
Trebišov Trebišov  Košice Region 24,649 22,432 +9.88%
Čadca Čadca  Žilina Region 23,941 26,699 −10.33%
Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota  Banská Bystrica Region 23,751 25,088 −5.33%
Dubnica nad Váhom Ilava  Trenčín Region 23,550 25,995 −9.41%
Pezinok Pezinok  Bratislava Region 23,034 21,082 +9.26%
Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda  Trnava Region 22,684 23,519 −3.55%
Partizánske Partizánske  Trenčín Region 22,269 24,907 −10.59%
Vranov nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou  Košice Region 22,245 22,985 −3.22%
Šaľa Šaľa  Nitra Region 21,689 24,564 −11.70%
Hlohovec Hlohovec  Trnava Region 21,301 23,729 −10.23%
Brezno Brezno  Banská Bystrica Region 20,889 22,875 −8.68%
Senica Senica  Trnava Region 20,289 21,253 −4.54%
Snina Snina  Prešov Region 20,289 21,325 −4.86%
Nové Mesto nad Váhom Nové Mesto nad Váhom  Trenčín Region 20,071 21,327 −5.89%
Senec Senec  Bratislava Region 19,963 14,673 +36.05%
Rožňava Rožňava  Košice Region 19,045 19,261 −1.12%
Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom  Banská Bystrica Region 18,852 19,945 −5.48%
Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín  Žilina Region 18,665 19,948 −6.43%
Bánovce nad Bebravou Bánovce nad Bebravou  Trenčín Region 17,750 20,901 −15.08%
Púchov Púchov  Trenčín Region 17,561 18,833 −6.75%
Malacky Malacky  Bratislava Region 17,467 17,773 −1.72%
Handlová Prievidza  Trenčín Region 16,890 18,018 −6.26%
Kežmarok Kežmarok  Prešov Region 16,346 17,383 −5.97%
Stará Ľubovňa Stará Ľubovňa  Prešov Region 16,327 16,227 +0.62%
Sereď Galanta  Trnava Region 15,444 17,406 −11.27%
Skalica Skalica  Trnava Region 15,022 15,013 +0.06%
Galanta Galanta  Trnava Region 14,990 16,365 −8.40%
Kysucké Nové Mesto Kysucké Nové Mesto  Žilina Region 14,953 16,558 −9.69%
Levoča Levoča  Prešov Region 14,722 14,366 +2.48%
Detva Detva  Banská Bystrica Region 14,545 15,122 −3.82%
Šamorín Dunajská Streda  Trnava Region 13,350 12,143 +9.94%
Sabinov Sabinov  Prešov Region 12,700 12,290 +3.34%
Stupava Malacky  Bratislava Region 12,108 8,063 +50.17%
Revúca Revúca  Banská Bystrica Region 11,949 13,466 −11.27%
Veľký Krtíš Veľký Krtíš  Banská Bystrica Region 11,755 14,013 −16.11%
Myjava Myjava  Trenčín Region 11,514 13,142 −12.39%
Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce  Nitra Region 11,375 15,618 −27.17%
Bytča Bytča  Žilina Region 11,363 11,550 −1.62%
Moldava nad Bodvou Košice-okolie  Košice Region 11,307 9,525 +18.71%
Holíč Skalica  Trnava Region 11,156 11,416 −2.28%
Nová Dubnica Ilava  Trenčín Region 11,040 12,358 −10.67%
Svidník Svidník  Prešov Region 10,752 12,428 −13.49%
Kolárovo Komárno  Nitra Region 10,586 10,823 −2.19%
Fiľakovo Lučenec  Banská Bystrica Region 10,568 10,198 +3.63%
Stropkov Stropkov  Prešov Region 10,438 10,874 −4.01%
Štúrovo Nové Zámky  Nitra Region 10,186 11,708 −13.00%
Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica  Banská Bystrica Region 10,004 10,874 −8.00%
Šurany Nové Zámky  Nitra Region 9,659 10,491 −7.93%
Tvrdošín Tvrdošín  Žilina Region 9,201 9,544 −3.59%
Modra Pezinok  Bratislava Region 9,046 8,536 +5.97%
Veľké Kapušany Michalovce  Košice Region 8,862 9,760 −9.20%
Stará Turá Nové Mesto nad Váhom  Trenčín Region 8,764 10,291 −14.84%
Krompachy Spišská Nová Ves  Košice Region 8,684 8,812 −1.45%
Veľký Meder Dunajská Streda  Trnava Region 8,612 9,113 −5.50%
Vráble Nitra  Nitra Region 8,551 9,493 −9.92%
Sečovce Trebišov  Košice Region 8,542 7,819 +9.25%
Svit Poprad  Prešov Region 7,923 7,445 +6.42%
Krupina Krupina  Banská Bystrica Region 7,912 7,991 −0.99%
Námestovo Námestovo  Žilina Region 7,784 8,135 −4.31%
Vrútky Martin  Žilina Region 7,748 7,298 +6.17%
Turzovka Čadca  Žilina Region 7,515 7,854 −4.32%
Kráľovský Chlmec Trebišov  Košice Region 7,426 8,031 −7.53%
Hriňová Detva  Banská Bystrica Region 7,415 8,289 −10.54%
Hnúšťa Rimavská Sobota  Banská Bystrica Region 7,411 7,557 −1.93%
Hurbanovo Komárno  Nitra Region 7,397 8,153 −9.27%
Liptovský Hrádok Liptovský Mikuláš  Žilina Region 7,397 8,232 −10.14%
Trstená Tvrdošín  Žilina Region 7,360 7,461 −1.35%
Nová Baňa Žarnovica  Banská Bystrica Region 7,314 7,505 −2.54%
Šahy Levice  Nitra Region 7,219 8,061 −10.45%
Tornaľa Revúca  Banská Bystrica Region 7,114 8,169 −12.91%
Krásno nad Kysucou Čadca  Žilina Region 6,799 6,939 −2.02%
Želiezovce Levice  Nitra Region 6,746 7,522 −10.32%
Spišská Belá Kežmarok  Prešov Region 6,733 6,136 +9.73%
Lipany Sabinov  Prešov Region 6,542 6,130 +6.72%
Medzilaborce Medzilaborce  Prešov Region 6,531 6,741 −3.12%
Veľký Šariš Prešov  Prešov Region 6,426 4,018 +59.93%
Nemšová Trenčín  Trenčín Region 6,414 6,136 +4.53%
Sobrance Sobrance  Košice Region 6,346 6,262 +1.34%
Turčianske Teplice Turčianske Teplice  Žilina Region 6,330 7,031 −9.97%
Žarnovica Žarnovica  Banská Bystrica Region 6,170 6,596 −6.46%
Gelnica Gelnica  Košice Region 6,047 6,404 −5.57%
Vrbové Piešťany  Trnava Region 5,907 6,249 −5.47%
Rajec Žilina  Žilina Region 5,787 6,074 −4.73%
Svätý Jur Pezinok  Bratislava Region 5,724 4,614 +24.06%
Dobšiná Rožňava  Košice Region 5,685 4,896 +16.12%
Poltár Poltár  Banská Bystrica Region 5,584 6,099 −8.44%
Gabčíkovo Dunajská Streda  Trnava Region 5,473 5,084 +7.65%
Ilava Ilava  Trenčín Region 5,464 5,411 +0.98%
Kremnica Žiar nad Hronom  Banská Bystrica Region 5,258 5,822 −9.69%
Sládkovičovo Galanta  Trnava Region 5,209 6,078 −14.30%
Gbely Skalica  Trnava Region 5,073 5,223 −2.87%
Nesvady Komárno  Nitra Region 5,049 5,063 −0.28%
Bojnice Prievidza  Trenčín Region 4,992 5,006 −0.28%
Šaštín-Stráže Senica  Trnava Region 4,965 5,005 −0.80%
Sliač Zvolen  Banská Bystrica Region 4,959 4,667 +6.26%
Brezová pod Bradlom Myjava  Trenčín Region 4,768 5,567 −14.35%
Medzev Košice-okolie  Košice Region 4,482 3,667 +22.23%
Turany Martin  Žilina Region 4,278 4,444 −3.74%
Strážske Michalovce  Košice Region 4,250 4,474 −5.01%
Nováky Prievidza  Trenčín Region 4,203 4,402 −4.52%
Trenčianske Teplice Trenčín  Trenčín Region 4,162 4,438 −6.22%
Leopoldov Hlohovec  Trnava Region 4,097 3,999 +2.45%
Giraltovce Svidník  Prešov Region 4,089 4,189 −2.39%
Tisovec Rimavská Sobota  Banská Bystrica Region 4,087 4,215 −3.04%
Vysoké Tatry Poprad  Prešov Region 4,009 5,407 −25.86%
Spišské Podhradie Levoča  Prešov Region 3,985 3,780 +5.42%
Hanušovce nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou  Prešov Region 3,782 3,582 +5.58%
Čierna nad Tisou Trebišov  Košice Region 3,619 4,645 −22.09%
Tlmače Levice  Nitra Region 3,520 4,305 −18.23%
Spišské Vlachy Spišská Nová Ves  Košice Region 3,459 3,518 −1.68%
Jelšava Revúca  Banská Bystrica Region 3,289 3,287 +0.06%
Podolínec Stará Ľubovňa  Prešov Region 3,155 3,173 −0.57%
Rajecké Teplice Žilina  Žilina Region 3,023 2,677 +12.92%
Spišská Stará Ves Kežmarok  Prešov Region 2,230 2,355 −5.31%
Modrý Kameň Veľký Krtíš  Banská Bystrica Region 1,624 1,434 +13.25%
Dudince Krupina  Banská Bystrica Region 1,395 1,500 −7.00%

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Z obce Nesvady by sa od 1. januára 2020 malo stať mesto" [From January 1, 2020, the village of Nesvady should become a town] (in Slovak). TASR (News Agency of the Slovak Republic). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Number of the Population by Sex - Municipalities (yearly)". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

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