List of cities and towns in Slovakia

This is a list of cities and towns in Slovakia, called mestá (singular mesto) in Slovak. Although mesto is variously translated into English as "town" or "city", there is no such legal distinction in Slovak.

As of 25 September 2019, there were 141 mestá in Slovakia.[1] (For German and Hungarian names of these towns, which are used by the respective ethnic minorities, see articles list of German exonyms for places in Slovakia and list of Hungarian exonyms for places in Slovakia).

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Bratislava
 
Košice
 
Prešov
 
Žilina
 
Nitra
 
Banská Bystrica
 
Trnava
 
Trenčín
 
Poprad
 
Martin
 
Prievidza
 
Zvolen
 
Michalovce
 
Komárno
 
Spišská Nová Ves
City or town         District Region Population[2]
2019 2001 Change
  Bratislava Bratislava I, II, III, IV, V   Bratislava Region 437,725 428,672 +2.11%
  Košice Košice I, II, III, IV   Košice Region 238,593 236,093 +1.06%
  Prešov Prešov   Prešov Region 88,464 92,786 −4.66%
  Žilina Žilina   Žilina Region 80,727 85,400 −5.47%
  Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica   Banská Bystrica Region 78,084 83,056 −5.99%
  Nitra Nitra   Nitra Region 76,533 87,285 −12.32%
  Trnava Trnava   Trnava Region 65,033 70,286 −7.47%
  Trenčín Trenčín   Trenčín Region 55,383 57,854 −4.27%
  Martin Martin   Žilina Region 54,168 60,133 −9.92%
  Poprad Poprad   Prešov Region 51,235 56,157 −8.76%
  Prievidza Prievidza   Trenčín Region 45,634 53,097 −14.06%
  Zvolen Zvolen   Banská Bystrica Region 42,167 43,789 −3.70%
  Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica   Trenčín Region 39,271 42,773 −8.19%
  Michalovce Michalovce   Košice Region 38,776 39,948 −2.93%
  Nové Zámky Nové Zámky   Nitra Region 37,512 42,262 −11.24%
  Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves   Košice Region 37,007 39,193 −5.58%
  Komárno Komárno   Nitra Region 33,751 37,366 −9.67%
  Humenné Humenné   Prešov Region 32,834 35,157 −6.61%
  Levice Levice   Nitra Region 32,735 36,538 −10.41%
  Bardejov Bardejov   Prešov Region 32,293 33,247 −2.87%
  Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš   Žilina Region 31,000 33,007 −6.08%
  Lučenec Lučenec   Banská Bystrica Region 27,739 28,332 −2.09%
  Piešťany Piešťany   Trnava Region 27,336 30,606 −10.68%
  Ružomberok Ružomberok   Žilina Region 26,558 30,417 −12.69%
  Topoľčany Topoľčany   Nitra Region 24,785 28,968 −14.44%
  Trebišov Trebišov   Košice Region 24,649 22,432 +9.88%
  Čadca Čadca   Žilina Region 23,941 26,699 −10.33%
  Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota   Banská Bystrica Region 23,751 25,088 −5.33%
  Dubnica nad Váhom Ilava   Trenčín Region 23,550 25,995 −9.41%
  Pezinok Pezinok   Bratislava Region 23,034 21,082 +9.26%
  Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda   Trnava Region 22,684 23,519 −3.55%
  Partizánske Partizánske   Trenčín Region 22,269 24,907 −10.59%
  Vranov nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou   Košice Region 22,245 22,985 −3.22%
  Šaľa Šaľa   Nitra Region 21,689 24,564 −11.70%
  Hlohovec Hlohovec   Trnava Region 21,301 23,729 −10.23%
  Brezno Brezno   Banská Bystrica Region 20,889 22,875 −8.68%
  Senica Senica   Trnava Region 20,289 21,253 −4.54%
  Snina Snina   Prešov Region 20,289 21,325 −4.86%
  Nové Mesto nad Váhom Nové Mesto nad Váhom   Trenčín Region 20,071 21,327 −5.89%
  Senec Senec   Bratislava Region 19,963 14,673 +36.05%
  Rožňava Rožňava   Košice Region 19,045 19,261 −1.12%
  Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom   Banská Bystrica Region 18,852 19,945 −5.48%
  Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín   Žilina Region 18,665 19,948 −6.43%
  Bánovce nad Bebravou Bánovce nad Bebravou   Trenčín Region 17,750 20,901 −15.08%
  Púchov Púchov   Trenčín Region 17,561 18,833 −6.75%
  Malacky Malacky   Bratislava Region 17,467 17,773 −1.72%
  Handlová Prievidza   Trenčín Region 16,890 18,018 −6.26%
  Kežmarok Kežmarok   Prešov Region 16,346 17,383 −5.97%
  Stará Ľubovňa Stará Ľubovňa   Prešov Region 16,327 16,227 +0.62%
  Sereď Galanta   Trnava Region 15,444 17,406 −11.27%
  Skalica Skalica   Trnava Region 15,022 15,013 +0.06%
  Galanta Galanta   Trnava Region 14,990 16,365 −8.40%
  Kysucké Nové Mesto Kysucké Nové Mesto   Žilina Region 14,953 16,558 −9.69%
  Levoča Levoča   Prešov Region 14,722 14,366 +2.48%
  Detva Detva   Banská Bystrica Region 14,545 15,122 −3.82%
  Šamorín Dunajská Streda   Trnava Region 13,350 12,143 +9.94%
  Sabinov Sabinov   Prešov Region 12,700 12,290 +3.34%
  Stupava Malacky   Bratislava Region 12,108 8,063 +50.17%
  Revúca Revúca   Banská Bystrica Region 11,949 13,466 −11.27%
  Veľký Krtíš Veľký Krtíš   Banská Bystrica Region 11,755 14,013 −16.11%
  Myjava Myjava   Trenčín Region 11,514 13,142 −12.39%
  Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce   Nitra Region 11,375 15,618 −27.17%
  Bytča Bytča   Žilina Region 11,363 11,550 −1.62%
  Moldava nad Bodvou Košice-okolie   Košice Region 11,307 9,525 +18.71%
  Holíč Skalica   Trnava Region 11,156 11,416 −2.28%
  Nová Dubnica Ilava   Trenčín Region 11,040 12,358 −10.67%
  Svidník Svidník   Prešov Region 10,752 12,428 −13.49%
  Kolárovo Komárno   Nitra Region 10,586 10,823 −2.19%
  Fiľakovo Lučenec   Banská Bystrica Region 10,568 10,198 +3.63%
  Stropkov Stropkov   Prešov Region 10,438 10,874 −4.01%
  Štúrovo Nové Zámky   Nitra Region 10,186 11,708 −13.00%
  Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica   Banská Bystrica Region 10,004 10,874 −8.00%
  Šurany Nové Zámky   Nitra Region 9,659 10,491 −7.93%
  Tvrdošín Tvrdošín   Žilina Region 9,201 9,544 −3.59%
  Modra Pezinok   Bratislava Region 9,046 8,536 +5.97%
  Veľké Kapušany Michalovce   Košice Region 8,862 9,760 −9.20%
  Stará Turá Nové Mesto nad Váhom   Trenčín Region 8,764 10,291 −14.84%
  Krompachy Spišská Nová Ves   Košice Region 8,684 8,812 −1.45%
  Veľký Meder Dunajská Streda   Trnava Region 8,612 9,113 −5.50%
  Vráble Nitra   Nitra Region 8,551 9,493 −9.92%
  Sečovce Trebišov   Košice Region 8,542 7,819 +9.25%
  Svit Poprad   Prešov Region 7,923 7,445 +6.42%
  Krupina Krupina   Banská Bystrica Region 7,912 7,991 −0.99%
  Námestovo Námestovo   Žilina Region 7,784 8,135 −4.31%
  Vrútky Martin   Žilina Region 7,748 7,298 +6.17%
  Turzovka Čadca   Žilina Region 7,515 7,854 −4.32%
  Kráľovský Chlmec Trebišov   Košice Region 7,426 8,031 −7.53%
  Hriňová Detva   Banská Bystrica Region 7,415 8,289 −10.54%
  Hnúšťa Rimavská Sobota   Banská Bystrica Region 7,411 7,557 −1.93%
  Hurbanovo Komárno   Nitra Region 7,397 8,153 −9.27%
  Liptovský Hrádok Liptovský Mikuláš   Žilina Region 7,397 8,232 −10.14%
  Trstená Tvrdošín   Žilina Region 7,360 7,461 −1.35%
  Nová Baňa Žarnovica   Banská Bystrica Region 7,314 7,505 −2.54%
  Šahy Levice   Nitra Region 7,219 8,061 −10.45%
  Tornaľa Revúca   Banská Bystrica Region 7,114 8,169 −12.91%
  Krásno nad Kysucou Čadca   Žilina Region 6,799 6,939 −2.02%
  Želiezovce Levice   Nitra Region 6,746 7,522 −10.32%
  Spišská Belá Kežmarok   Prešov Region 6,733 6,136 +9.73%
  Lipany Sabinov   Prešov Region 6,542 6,130 +6.72%
  Medzilaborce Medzilaborce   Prešov Region 6,531 6,741 −3.12%
  Veľký Šariš Prešov   Prešov Region 6,426 4,018 +59.93%
  Nemšová Trenčín   Trenčín Region 6,414 6,136 +4.53%
  Sobrance Sobrance   Košice Region 6,346 6,262 +1.34%
  Turčianske Teplice Turčianske Teplice   Žilina Region 6,330 7,031 −9.97%
  Žarnovica Žarnovica   Banská Bystrica Region 6,170 6,596 −6.46%
  Gelnica Gelnica   Košice Region 6,047 6,404 −5.57%
  Vrbové Piešťany   Trnava Region 5,907 6,249 −5.47%
  Rajec Žilina   Žilina Region 5,787 6,074 −4.73%
  Svätý Jur Pezinok   Bratislava Region 5,724 4,614 +24.06%
  Dobšiná Rožňava   Košice Region 5,685 4,896 +16.12%
  Poltár Poltár   Banská Bystrica Region 5,584 6,099 −8.44%
  Gabčíkovo Dunajská Streda   Trnava Region 5,473 5,084 +7.65%
  Ilava Ilava   Trenčín Region 5,464 5,411 +0.98%
  Kremnica Žiar nad Hronom   Banská Bystrica Region 5,258 5,822 −9.69%
  Sládkovičovo Galanta   Trnava Region 5,209 6,078 −14.30%
  Gbely Skalica   Trnava Region 5,073 5,223 −2.87%
  Nesvady Komárno   Nitra Region 5,049 5,063 −0.28%
  Bojnice Prievidza   Trenčín Region 4,992 5,006 −0.28%
  Šaštín-Stráže Senica   Trnava Region 4,965 5,005 −0.80%
  Sliač Zvolen   Banská Bystrica Region 4,959 4,667 +6.26%
  Brezová pod Bradlom Myjava   Trenčín Region 4,768 5,567 −14.35%
  Medzev Košice-okolie   Košice Region 4,482 3,667 +22.23%
  Turany Martin   Žilina Region 4,278 4,444 −3.74%
  Strážske Michalovce   Košice Region 4,250 4,474 −5.01%
  Nováky Prievidza   Trenčín Region 4,203 4,402 −4.52%
  Trenčianske Teplice Trenčín   Trenčín Region 4,162 4,438 −6.22%
  Leopoldov Hlohovec   Trnava Region 4,097 3,999 +2.45%
  Giraltovce Svidník   Prešov Region 4,089 4,189 −2.39%
  Tisovec Rimavská Sobota   Banská Bystrica Region 4,087 4,215 −3.04%
  Vysoké Tatry Poprad   Prešov Region 4,009 5,407 −25.86%
  Spišské Podhradie Levoča   Prešov Region 3,985 3,780 +5.42%
  Hanušovce nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou   Prešov Region 3,782 3,582 +5.58%
  Čierna nad Tisou Trebišov   Košice Region 3,619 4,645 −22.09%
  Tlmače Levice   Nitra Region 3,520 4,305 −18.23%
  Spišské Vlachy Spišská Nová Ves   Košice Region 3,459 3,518 −1.68%
  Jelšava Revúca   Banská Bystrica Region 3,289 3,287 +0.06%
  Podolínec Stará Ľubovňa   Prešov Region 3,155 3,173 −0.57%
  Rajecké Teplice Žilina   Žilina Region 3,023 2,677 +12.92%
  Spišská Stará Ves Kežmarok   Prešov Region 2,230 2,355 −5.31%
  Modrý Kameň Veľký Krtíš   Banská Bystrica Region 1,624 1,434 +13.25%
  Dudince Krupina   Banská Bystrica Region 1,395 1,500 −7.00%

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References

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  1. ^ "Z obce Nesvady by sa od 1. januára 2020 malo stať mesto" [From January 1, 2020, the village of Nesvady should become a town] (in Slovak). TASR (News Agency of the Slovak Republic). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Number of the Population by Sex - Municipalities (yearly)". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
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