Region middle Vár river

consists of counties:

• Ilava
• Nové Mesto nad Váhom
• Považská Bystrica
• Púchov
• Trenčín
• Bytča
• Žilina

Region represents an area, which is geomorfologically called Považské Podolie and which follows the basin of the river Váh. It oblongs in SW - NE direction and includes counties from Nové Mesto nad Váhom to Žilina.

The common attribute of region is intensive industrial production, mainly engineering. The region is a part of the main line of development (považský rozvojový koridor), which is the result of formation and localization of economy interests centres in the socialist development of Slovakia. Together with the regions of Bratislava, Košice and Banská Bystrica, it generates the main interest of development. Alongside presented regions of main interest, there were forming also others, especially the region around Žilina, which create the form of economy, industrial centres of Slovakia.

The whole region is a part of bearing economical - residential segment of development with more than average economy level. In spite of that, there is some part in this regions, where the level is weak. Big factories in Dubnica nad Váhom and Považská Bystrica produced in the past (after world war 2.) an army technology. Throught the convertion to market economy, nowadays they have measurable problems with reorientation of the production. It effects the higher level of unemployment.

The area of this region belongs to 9 areas with most endangered environment. The river Váh, which flows through industrial regions reaches in some parts the 4-th degree of polution. The absence of sewage tanks on the right river border in Trenčín causes qualitative degradation of the water also out of this region.

basic data

	year 1998	year 1999	year 2000	year 2001	year 2002	year 2003	year 2004	year 2005
Population	538947	539131	539327	536108	535545	535103	535153	534399
GDP fixed prices 2000	90362	91115	91489	95605	97242	101879	106446	112547
Unemployment rate LFS	7.4%	11.3%	14%	12.6%	10.8%	10%	9.1%	8.2%

contains cities

• Bytča
• Dubnica nad Váhom
• Ilava
• Nemšová
• Nová Dubnica
• Nové Mesto nad Váhom
• Považská Bystrica
• Púchov
• Rajec
• Rajecké Teplice
• Stará Turá
• Trenčianske Teplice
• Trenčín
• Žilina
• number of villages 192

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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