Region Kysuce a Orava

consists of counties:

• Čadca
• Dolný Kubín
• Kysucké Nové Mesto
• Námestovo
• Tvrdošín

Region Kysuce is situated in northwest of Slovakia. It is delimited by Czech republic frontier In the west and by Poland in the north. The area belongs to the system of external Carpatien system and is composed by mountain ranges: Moravsko sliezske Beskydy, Kysucké Beskydy (Slovenské Beskydy), Javorníky, Kysucká vrchovina, Oravské Bezkydy, Oravská Magura a Skorušinské vrchy.

Region Orava is situated in the north Slovakia, north direction from Western Tatry, along Orava river. The region represented bigger part of same named historical region in the past.

Both regions, Orava and Kysuce, achieve below standard economical level, but with big natural potential for tourism. That makes this region very attractive out of all Slovakia.

Weighty problem of these regions is long enduring high unemployment rate, problems dealing with economic restructualisation. Among heavy limitation of economic development of this region is low technical infrastructure – it is seen especially a need of travel system modernising, than there are few favourable conditions for beginning new business activities – it make itself felt a negative atmosphere in region resulting from bad social situation.

The absence of production base, its few diversification, insufficient infrastructural connection to rural areas, heavy unemployment rate and location out of mane transport lines has for consequences a lower standard development rate of economic and social infrastructure in districts of region Kysuce and Orava. Development potential of this region lies in energetic sources, material sources, regional traditions, relatively big offer of labour forces at different educational level, vicinity of poland and czech trades, which are usefull to support of trade exchange. There is also quality natural environment with corresponding apparatus and objects in all region. The region represents also suitable potential for establishing industrial and science-technological centres.

Region Kysuce a Orava contains cities Čadca, Dolný Kubín, Krásno nad Kysucou, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Námestovo, Trstená, Turzovka, Tvrdošín and 92 villages.

Basic data

rok	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
number of inhabitants	260 529	260 716	260 761	260 857	261 080	261 178	261 247	261 341	261 259	258 925	267 144	267 569
number of unemployed	17 484	18 799	17 824	15 292	11 761	8816	6904	6442	8850	8930	7319	6783
number of long-term unemployed	6758	7866	8484	7242	4882	3204	2158	1606	1974	3066	2566	2131
number of people receiving social benefits	9235	9639	8352	5712	3915	2747	2095	1765	1768	1676	1994	1920
number of activational workers	726	758	760	644	409	290	143	90.6	97	110	122	95.5
unemployment rate	14.9	15.1	14.2	12.2	9.2	6.9	5.4	5.1	6.9	7	5.7
long-term unemployment rate	5.8	6.3	6.8	5.8	3.8	2.5	1.7	1.3	1.5	2.4	2.0
assignation tax	65 182 134	63 252 512	65 279 294	72 132 974	79 148 269	89 093 040	95 549 060	107 911 864	111 300 340	106 722 146	118 073 398
demographic dependency	16.4	16.8	17.3	18.0	18.9	19.6	20.4	21.2	22.0	22.6	23.2	24.0

Number of unemployed

rok	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
less than 24 years	4826	4163	3832	3053	1994	1394	1027	961	1350	1261	985	844
25 to 39 years	6592	6193	5854	5021	3873	2884	2278	2130	2934	2853	2381	2169
40 to 54 years	6345	6291	5929	5077	4023	3025	2305	2102	2910	3002	2424	2334
55 years and more	2088	2152	2209	2142	1871	1512	1295	1249	1656	1814	1530	1436

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
  • Orava
• Region upper Vah river – Liptov
• Region Spiš cities
• Region upper Hron river
• Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
  • 3R region
• Region Košice fold and Torysa river
• Region upper Zemplín
• Region lower Zemplín

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Region Kysuce a Orava, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/kysuce-a-orava

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