# Districts of Slovakia

The districts of Slovakia are administrative units known as okres in the Slovak language. It is a second-tier territorial administrative unit, below a Region in standing, and superior to a municipality. Each district contains at least several municipalities.
The cities of Bratislava and Košice are the only cities in Slovakia divided into internal urban districts, with five in Bratislava, and four in Košice. These urban districts are then further divided into smaller boroughs (which serve a function analogous to municipalities in typical districts).
All other districts are larger in size and also include rural areas, and rural as well as urban municipalities. Each of these more typical districts has an urban centre serving as the seat of the district, usually the largest town (or the only town) of a given district. Rural municipalities are not legally allowed to become district seats.

## Characteristics

Several districts form a "region" (Slovak "kraj"). One district, on the other hand, consists of several "municipalities" (Slovak "obec"), which in turn consist of "cadastral areas" (Slovak "katastrálne územie").
Districts have been units of state administration in Slovakia since its creation with a few interruptions, e. g. the period from 2004 to late 2013. Today, each district is administered by a "district office" (okresný úrad). Since late 2013, there have also been some special district offices responsible (regarding some selected issues) not for the territory of a district, but for the territory of a region (kraj). These are called "district office at the seat of a region" (okresný úrad v sídle kraja).
In the period between 2004 and late 2013, the district offices were abolished and replaced by "circuit offices" (obvodný úrad), which were usually responsible for several districts (except for the Nové Zámky District, which was one district with two circuit offices).
Slovakia currently has 79 districts, with the capital city of Bratislava being divided into 5 districts and the city of Košice into 4 districts. The districts are named after their administrative seats, colloquially known as "district towns". The district town is commonly the largest town in the district, although exceptions exist, such as Ilava District where the district town Ilava is far overshadowed by the much larger Dubnica nad Váhom, or Košice-okolie District, the seat of which (Košice) is not part of the district at all, instead being subdivided into four of its own districts.

## Districts of Slovakia

The following table gives an overview of the districts, along with the population, area, and location within Slovakia.
| District | Population (2020) | Area in km$^2$ (2020) | Region (kraj) |
| Banská Bystrica | 110,631  | 809 | Banská Bystrica |
| Banská Štiavnica | 16,003  | 292 | Banská Bystrica |
| Bardejov | 77,666  | 935 | Prešov |
| Bánovce nad Bebravou | 35,972  | 461 | Trenčín |
| Brezno | 60,905  | 1,265 | Banská Bystrica |
| Bratislava I | 42,546  | 9 | Bratislava |
| Bratislava II | 116,669  | 92 | Bratislava |
| Bratislava III | 70,641  | 74 | Bratislava |
| Bratislava IV | 98,404  | 96 | Bratislava |
| Bratislava V | 112,688  | 94 | Bratislava |
| Bytča | 31,056  | 281 | Žilina |
| Čadca | 89,494  | 760 | Žilina |
| Detva | 31,771  | 449 | Banská Bystrica |
| Dolný Kubín | 39,480  | 491 | Žilina |
| Dunajská Streda | 123,355  | 1,074 | Trnava |
| Galanta | 94,179  | 641 | Trnava |
| Gelnica | 31,923  | 584 | Košice |
| Hlohovec | 44,731  | 267 | Trnava |
| Humenné | 61,398  | 754 | Prešov |
| Ilava | 58,811  | 358 | Trenčín |
| Kežmarok | 76,165  | 629 | Prešov |
| Komárno | 100,992  | 1,100 | Nitra |
| Košice I | 67,421  | 85 | Košice |
| Košice II | 82,115  | 80 | Košice |
| Košice III | 28,535  | 16 | Košice |
| Košice IV | 60,067  | 60 | Košice |
| Košice – okolie | 131,305  | 1,534 | Košice |
| Krupina | 22,050  | 584 | Banská Bystrica |
| Kysucké Nové Mesto | 32,890  | 173 | Žilina |
| Levice | 110,040  | 1,551 | Nitra |
| Levoča | 33,730  | 421 | Prešov |
| Liptovský Mikuláš | 72,054  | 1,341 | Žilina |
| Lučenec | 73,071  | 825 | Banská Bystrica |
| Malacky | 75,325  | 949 | Bratislava |
| Martin | 95,921  | 735 | Žilina |
| Medzilaborce | 11,708  | 427 | Prešov |
| Michalovce | 110,670  | 1,019 | Košice |
| Myjava | 26,062  | 327 | Trenčín |
| Námestovo | 63,268  | 690 | Žilina |
| Nitra | 161,499  | 870 | Nitra |
| Nové Mesto nad Váhom | 62,572  | 579 | Trenčín |
| Nové Zámky | 137,778  | 1,347 | Nitra |
| Partizánske | 45,293  | 301 | Trenčín |
| Pezinok | 66,174  | 375 | Bratislava |
| Piešťany | 62,626  | 381 | Trnava |
| Poltár | 21,179  | 476 | Banská Bystrica |
| Poprad | 105,015  | 1,104 | Prešov |
| Považská Bystrica | 61,993  | 463 | Trenčín |
| Prešov | 176,781  | 933 | Prešov |
| Prievidza | 132,891  | 959 | Trenčín |
| Púchov | 44,136  | 375 | Trenčín |
| Revúca | 39,349  | 730 | Banská Bystrica |
| Rimavská Sobota | 83,953  | 1,471 | Banská Bystrica |
| Rožňava | 61,944  | 1,173 | Košice |
| Ružomberok | 56,536  | 646 | Žilina |
| Sabinov | 61,072  | 545 | Prešov |
| Senec | 94,577  | 359 | Bratislava |
| Senica | 60,314  | 683 | Trnava |
| Skalica | 46,965  | 357 | Trnava |
| Snina | 35,833  | 804 | Prešov |
| Sobrance | 22,775  | 538 | Košice |
| Spišská Nová Ves | 100,201  | 587 | Košice |
| Stará Ľubovňa | 54,054  | 707 | Prešov |
| Stropkov | 20,366  | 388 | Prešov |
| Svidník | 32,334  | 549 | Prešov |
| Šaľa | 51,309  | 355 | Nitra |
| Topoľčany | 69,521  | 597 | Nitra |
| Trebišov | 105,136  | 1,073 | Košice |
| Trenčín | 114,837  | 674 | Trenčín |
| Trnava | 133,154  | 741 | Trnava |
| Turčianske Teplice | 15,854  | 392 | Žilina |
| Tvrdošín | 36,127  | 478 | Žilina |
| Veľký Krtíš | 43,002  | 848 | Banská Bystrica |
| Vranov nad Topľou | 80,906  | 769 | Prešov |
| Zlaté Moravce | 40,369  | 521 | Nitra |
| Zvolen | 68,657  | 759 | Banská Bystrica |
| Žarnovica | 26,054  | 425 | Banská Bystrica |
| Žiar nad Hronom | 46,477  | 517 | Banská Bystrica |
| Žilina | 158,456  | 815 | Žilina |