Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)
4. Towns in Slovakia after 1993
The urban development role of the economy Figure 16. The geographical location of the 180 most important urban companies 1-78 companies; 2-8 companies; 3-6 companies; 4-4 companies; 5-3 companies; 6-2 companies; 7-1 company Source: the author’s own compilation based on www.etrend.sk. Drawn by Máté Mády If the data prove the priority of towns over villages, then we also must remember the fact that the significance of Bratislava is also extremely large compared to the other towns. Of the 200 most important companies, 78 are based in Bratislava. All the other towns are much less significant, because there are only eight companies in Košice, six in Žilina, six in Trnava, and four in Nitra, Banská Bystrica, Považská Bystrica and in Prievidza. There are 28 towns where only one company can be found. The geographical location of the towns shows that the country is divided into two parts (Figure 16). The most important companies can be found in the western part of Slovakia. To the east of the Liptovský Mikuláš-Krupina line, there are very few important companies. Especially in the borderland region along the Polish border and in the broad area between Banská Bystrica and Košice, more exactly, between Banská Bystrica and the Ukrainian border, important and large companies are completely missing. 113
