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Region middle Vár river

consists of counties:

map of region middle Vah river

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 Vah 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 192 villages.

unemployment in LAU2 regions middle Vah river LAU2

Basic data

rok201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
number of inhabitants530 115530 618530 914531 036531 211531 629531 781532 166531 865530 098538 020538 411
number of unemployed26 99628 37426 31822 85618 70813 1079955970413 86314 16311 27910 267
number of long-term unemployed10 20411 29611 482972470444193243718422423420334192645
number of people receiving social benefits13 71713 86511 886821457464205324726552569239832153416
number of activational workers885844949833553406229162186163145115
unemployment rate10.210.7108.674.83.73.65.15.34.2
long-term unemployment rate3.84.34.33.72.61.50.90.70.91.61.3
assignation tax121 363 501120 522 016124 474 537137 930 791150 639 347169 448 139185 370 268209 853 532216 993 401209 430 852232 070 915
demographic dependency20.721.322.022.923.924.925.927.128.229.130.932.0
demographic pyramid middle Vah river 2023 demographic pyramid middle Vah river 2035

Number of unemployed

rok201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
less than 24 years616254094847391027991797123111661725156712361082
25 to 39 years10 57396429066798066904732358535194929489539623594
40 to 54 years10 11691748366723859774101310530784520465837353474
55 years and more427541494038372832422476203419412688304423452118
number of inhabitants – middle Vah river

Other regions

middle Vah river number of inhabitants, unemployed for longer than 4 years, low educated unemployed

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Region middle Vár river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/middle-vah-river


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