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Region middle Vár river
consists of counties:

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.

Basic data
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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number of inhabitants | 530 115 | 530 618 | 530 914 | 531 036 | 531 211 | 531 629 | 531 781 | 532 166 | 531 865 | 530 098 | 538 020 | 538 411 |
number of unemployed | 26 996 | 28 374 | 26 318 | 22 856 | 18 708 | 13 107 | 9955 | 9704 | 13 863 | 14 163 | 11 279 | 10 267 |
number of long-term unemployed | 10 204 | 11 296 | 11 482 | 9724 | 7044 | 4193 | 2437 | 1842 | 2423 | 4203 | 3419 | 2645 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 13 717 | 13 865 | 11 886 | 8214 | 5746 | 4205 | 3247 | 2655 | 2569 | 2398 | 3215 | 3416 |
number of activational workers | 885 | 844 | 949 | 833 | 553 | 406 | 229 | 162 | 186 | 163 | 145 | 115 |
unemployment rate | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10 | 8.6 | 7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | |
long-term unemployment rate | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
assignation tax | 121 363 501 | 120 522 016 | 124 474 537 | 137 930 791 | 150 639 347 | 169 448 139 | 185 370 268 | 209 853 532 | 216 993 401 | 209 430 852 | 232 070 915 | |
demographic dependency | 20.7 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 27.1 | 28.2 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 32.0 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 6162 | 5409 | 4847 | 3910 | 2799 | 1797 | 1231 | 1166 | 1725 | 1567 | 1236 | 1082 |
25 to 39 years | 10 573 | 9642 | 9066 | 7980 | 6690 | 4732 | 3585 | 3519 | 4929 | 4895 | 3962 | 3594 |
40 to 54 years | 10 116 | 9174 | 8366 | 7238 | 5977 | 4101 | 3105 | 3078 | 4520 | 4658 | 3735 | 3474 |
55 years and more | 4275 | 4149 | 4038 | 3728 | 3242 | 2476 | 2034 | 1941 | 2688 | 3044 | 2345 | 2118 |

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 middle Vár river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/middle-vah-river

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