Trnava

Trnava (German: Tyrnau, Hungarian: Nagyszombat) is a city in western Slovakia, around 50 km from the capital Bratislava. Because it has so many churches with the town walls, it is commonly called Little Rome or Slovak Rome. History The town was first mentioned in 1211. It received royal free town privileges as the first town in Slovakia in 1238. The town had its height as a cultural and religious centre, as it was seat of archbishopric from 1541 to 1820. The first horse-drawn railway in the Kingdom of Hungary was built to Trnava from Bratislava in 1846. It is again an seat of archbishopric since 1978. In 2003, French car manufacturer PSA started construction of automobile plant. It was finished in 2006 Population Ethnic composition In year 2021 was 63,803 people by ethnicity 57,982 as Slovak, 4994 as Not found out, 485 as Czech, 336 as Other, 252 as Romani, 245 as Hungarian, 122 as Russian, 93 as Rusyn, 88 as Serbian, 84 as German, 81 as Ukrainian, 62 as Polish, 39 as Croatian, 36 as Vietnamese, 26 as Moravian, 26 as French, 25 as Chinese, 24 as Romanian, 23 as Italian, 20 as Austrian, 19 as Bulgarian, 17 as English, 14 as Jewish, 14 as Korean, 7 as Irish, 7 as Greek, 7 as Albanian, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Silesian and 2 as Canadian. Religion In year 2021 was 63,803 people by religion 34,926 from Roman Catholic Church, 19,336 from None, 6060 from Not found out, 1456 from Evangelical Church, 389 from Greek Catholic Church, 261 from Other, 231 from Ad hoc movements, 194 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 148 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 125 from Buddhism, 120 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 80 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 76 from Calvinist Church, 76 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 66 from Islam, 51 from United Methodist Church, 45 from Church of the Brethren, 38 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 27 from Old Catholic Church, 24 from Jewish community, 22 from Hinduism, 21 from Apostolic Church, 12 from Bahá'i Community, 11 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 7 from Baptists Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Twin towns Scranton, Pennsylvania (United States) Varaždin, Croatia References Other websites Trnava Official website (in Slovak only) Trnava travel guide Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine