Banská Bystrica Region
The Banskobystrický kraj ( Banská Bystrica Region Association ) is a geographical region in central Slovakia. The area is spatially identical to the Municipal District of Banská Bystrica.
Okresy
The Banskobystrický kraj ( Banská Bystrica Region Association ) consists of the following 13 subunits, which are called in Slovakia Okres:
- Banská Bystrica
- Banská Štiavnica
- Brezno
- Detva
- Krupina
- Lučenec
- Poltár
- Revúca
- Rimavská Sobota
- Velky Krtíš
- Zvolen
- Žarnovica
- Žiar nad Hronom
Geography
The Banskobystrický kraj has an area of 9454 km ², making it the largest district in terms of area ( sl. kraj ). He has 660 128 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011) and is situated in central Slovakia. The landscape is mostly mountainous and is dominated by the Western Carpathians and different valleys; the height decreases from north to south. In the north, the Great Fatra and Low Tatras are; the boiler landscape below these mountains is called Horehronie (about: Horehronie ). In the western parts are the Kremnitz mountains, the mountains and the birds Selmec mountains. In the center are the mountains Krupinská planina, Javorie, Polana and the boiler Zvolenska kotlina. From around the town Detva to the east, the rich old mining towns Slovak Ore Mountains pervades with its subdivisions (eg Muránska planina or Spišsko - Gemerský kras ) the area. In the south are both the long southern Slovakian boiler and the mountains Cerová highlands along the Hungarian border. Larger rivers are the Hron in the northern half and Ipeľ in the center and south; other rivers are the Slatina, Krupinica, Rimava and a small part of the Slaná. The highest mountain is the Dumbier in the Low Tatras ( 2046 m nm); the lowest point is on the river at Štiavnica Dudince (135 m nm).
Three National Parks are located entirely or partially in Banskobystrický kraj: Low Tatras ( NAPANT, Low Tatras ) and Muránska planina ( Murano plateau ). There was also a tiny part of the national park Slovenský raj ( Slovak Paradise ) is kraj in Banskobystrický. In addition, four other areas are managed as conservation areas: Štiavnica Hills, Polana and Cerová Highlands. Additionally there is a small part of Ponitrie.
Administratively borders of Banskobystrický kraj at the Žilinský in the north, Prešov Region in the north- east, Košice Region in the east, the Hungarian counties Borsod -Abaúj -Zemplén in the southeast and Nógrád in the south, the Nitriansky kraj in the west and Trenčín Region in the northwest.
Historical administrative units
In the Kingdom of Hungary, it served several counties: the County Sohl was at the center, county Gemer and small Hont in the east, county Neograd in the south, Hont county in the southwest and county perch in the West.
Development after the collapse of Austria - Hungary in 1918:
Population
The population density is 69/km ², significantly lower than the Slovak average ( 110/km ²). The capital is Banská Bystrica ( Banska Bystrica ), other major cities are Zvolen ( Zvolen ), Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota (wholesale Steffelbauer village ) and the old mining towns Kremnitz ( Kremnica ) and Schemnitz ( Banská Štiavnica ). Overall, the Banskobystrický kraj consists of 516 municipalities, 24 cities and includes the military site read. The Slovaks form according to the 2001 census 83.7 % of the population. In the south, Hungary ( 11.7%) strongly represented and there is also a Roma minority ( 2.3%).
After religion, the Roman Catholic Church is the most represented with 62.4 %; the second place is the Evangelical Church with 13%. A sixth of the population identified themselves as atheists.
Economy
Banskobystrický kraj one of the poorer areas of Slovakia. The average gross wage amounted in 2010 739 € ( net wage: 579 euro ), below the national average of 831 euros ( net wage: 659 euro ). The registered unemployment rate in 2011 was 19.83 % (national average: 13.59% ); particularly high she was in southern Okresy as Rimavská Sobota ( 34.59 %) or Revúca ( 30.79 %).
Culture
- Kraj historic monuments in Banskobystrický