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Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
consists of counties:

Region is situated in the south part of central Slovakia. Geomorphologicaly it belongs to Juhoslovenská kotlina (fold). In selected region, it occurs: Ipeľská fold, Rimavská fold and there spreads sequently Slovenský kras from the east.
Region with its great positional potential represents frontier region with Hungary and lies at the natural flowline between two greatest economic centres of Slovakia, between Bratislava and Košice. There lead energetic duct of european interests: oilduct, gass anf energetic distribution. Transit and railway network allow north-south international (Warshaw – Budapest) as well as west – east connection. Central part of region – Poiplie (drainage of river Ipeľ) represents one of the most ecologicaly clean areas in Euprope. Low charge of soil by industrial exhalats alows agricultural production with negligible content of harmful substances. Agricultural soil represents around 52 % of area. Juhoslovenská fold with medium climatic condition, warm clima and lowest windy conditions in Slovakia, beauty and diversification of the nature is an adequate place for living, working and relaxation. The town with a biggest meaning in Juhoslovenská fold is Lučenec, which was native centre of this region for longtime.
Region dispose with important potential of non-metallic raw material. In spite of this situation, it achieves lowest degree of economical development as other regions of Slovakia. The cause liest on insufficient sharing of its positional and natural potential, demographic and economic resources and possibilities of their improvement.
Almost in all district is bad, alarm situation on labour markets. Nowadays, these districts belong to the poorest slovak regions, with unemployment rate rising to 25 %. Today, the region achieves very low production rate. There isn`t neither taken advantage of natural potential, nor of existing technical infrastructure. Out of technic – traffic infrastructure there is only one town, Lučenec, which achieves upper standard. Railway network responds to slovak parameters only in this town. MOre interesting is situation from the point of view of realisation south transit line. Because of position in the middle part of Slovakia is Lučenec predetermined to be an important travel node between Bratislava and Košice.This region was formed by necessary of retaining historical area of Gemer in aggregate form, as a part of gemer-novohrad region.
Region Juhoslovenská kotlina contains cities Dobšiná, Fiľakovo, Hnúšťa, Jelšava, Lučenec, Modrý Kameň, Poltár, Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava, Tisovec, Tornaľa, Veľký Krtíš and 348 villages. Viac aj na oma.sk.

Basic data
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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number of inhabitants | 330 680 | 329 910 | 329 096 | 327 925 | 327 109 | 326 122 | 325 110 | 323 721 | 322 501 | 309 416 | 325 362 |
number of unemployed | 48 321 | 48 646 | 46 176 | 42 912 | 37 850 | 29 903 | 24 710 | 22 260 | 24 957 | 26 095 | 23 311 |
number of long-term unemployed | 31 156 | 32 423 | 32 161 | 29 187 | 24 344 | 18 595 | 13 471 | 11 644 | 12 100 | 14 714 | 13 638 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 59 001 | 59 737 | 55 795 | 48 522 | 42 677 | 37 655 | 31 534 | 28 521 | 27 436 | 25 320 | 25 335 |
number of activational workers | 17 791 | 16 770 | 16 559 | 15 160 | 12 669 | 9898 | 7199 | 6671 | 6669 | 5933 | 6590 |
unemployment rate | 30.8 | 30.3 | 29.2 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 15.8 |
long-term unemployment rate | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 9.2 |
assignation tax | 66 919 300 | 68 853 947 | 71 885 446 | 78 727 965 | 85 822 304 | 95 689 701 | 103 386 289 | 116 283 275 | 119 489 335 | 114 296 658 | 126 383 525 |
demographic dependency | 19.7 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.9 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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less than 24 years | 9861 | 8222 | 7343 | 6322 | 5057 | 3635 | 2738 | 2487 | 3043 | 3127 | 2730 |
25 to 39 years | 20 819 | 18 259 | 17 136 | 15 758 | 13 695 | 10 406 | 8251 | 7352 | 8295 | 8483 | 7605 |
40 to 54 years | 18 734 | 16 578 | 15 999 | 15 104 | 13 665 | 10 920 | 9117 | 8188 | 8984 | 9417 | 8454 |
55 years and more | 5881 | 5587 | 5698 | 5728 | 5433 | 4942 | 4603 | 4234 | 4636 | 5068 | 4522 |

Other regions
- Basic data on Slovak regions
- Labour market indicators of slovak regions.
- Region Bratislava and surroundings
- Region Kopanice
- Region Danube river
- Region lower Vah river
- Region middle Vár river
- Region upper Nitra river
- Region lower Nitra river
- Region Mining cities
- Region Kysuce a Orava
- Region upper Vah river – Liptov
- Region Spiš cities
- Region upper Hron river
- Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
- Region Košice fold and Torysa river
- Region upper Zemplín
- Region lower Zemplín

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Region Juhoslovenská kotlina, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/juhoslovenska-kotlina

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