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.

Region middle Vár river 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 and number of villages 192.

basic data

rok	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
number of inhabitants	530 142	530 627	530 929	530 983	531 139	531 542
number of unemployed	26 996	28 374	26 318	22 856	18 708	13 107	10 161
number of long-term unemployed	10 204	11 296	11 482	9724	7044	4193	2666
unemployment rate	10.2	10.7	10	8.6	7	4.8	3.7
long-term unemployment rate	3.8	4.3	4.3	3.7	2.6	1.5	1.0
assignation tax	121 363 501	120 522 016	124 474 537	137 930 791	150 639 347	169 448 139	185 370 268

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

similar articles: lower Zemplín , Bratislava and surroundings , Kopanice , Kysuce a Orava , upper Zemplín