Region lower Vah river

consists of counties:

• Galanta
• Hlohovec
• Piešťany
• Trnava

Region Dolné Považie is situated in the west part of Slovakia and spread in Podunajska lowland, specificely in the Podunajská heights.To the selected region interfers lowerparts of the mountains - Považský Inovec in the north-east, Biele Karpaty in the north, Malé Karpaty in the west. The region is the part of the spur of the Podunajská lowland and spreads on the flat of the river Váh, which is the longest river in Slovakia. The region is situated in medium warm to warm climat area, which is favourable for planting agricultural products.

The region can be characterised as a tributary area of the town Trnava, with good transfer availability to important travel connenctions (highway D1, railway and air connections). Developing center of this region is the town Trnava, mainly because of its historical status and also of its standing during the modern period of Slovak republic advancement.

The region Dolné Považie belongs to the regions with above standard economical base, with strong travel infrastructure. District of Galanta is an exception in this sence, it belongs to regions with standart economical level.

basic data

	year 1998	year 1999	year 2000	year 2001	year 2002	year 2003	year 2004	year 2005
Population	330787	331020	330983	330801	330509	330724	331004	331378
GDP fixed prices 2000	63881	66007	65600	63748	63695	68105	71930	75291
Unemployment rate LFS	10.9%	11.5%	15.1%	16.9%	16%	12.6%	11.5%	9.7%

contains cities

• Galanta
• Hlohovec
• Leopoldov
• Piešťany
• Sereď
• Sládkovičovo
• Trnava
• Vrbové
• number of villages 124

Other regions

• Basic data
• Bratislava and surroundings
• Kopanice
• Danube river
• lower Vah river
• middle Vár river
• upper Nitra river
• lower Nitra river
• Mining cities
• Kysuce a Orava
• upper Vah river - Liptov
• Spiš cities
• upper Hron river
• Juhoslovenská kotlina
• Košice fold and Torysa river
• upper Zemplín
• lower Zemplín

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