Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)

4. Towns in Slovakia after 1993

Towns in Slovakia after 1993

Special attention should be paid to the geographical situation of the 17 villages, because, as can be seen on the map (Figure 17), these villages are located rather close to towns, on average only 8-10 km far from the nearest town. Their density around Bratislava, Malacky, Senec and Trnava and their connections with the valleys of the rivers Váh, Nitra and Hron indicate that industrial and service-providing units choose to be based first of all in the gravitation area if they are to set up their headquarters outside the town.

Figure 17. The geographical location of the 20 most important rural companies

Source: the author’s own compilation based on www.etrend.sk. Drawn by Máté Mády

Of the sectoral statements of TREND analysing centre, the first group to be analysed includes building materials, chemical factories, textile mills, factories of the food industry and companies of the machine and construction industry. The income from the production of these factories serves as a basis for ranking the first 20-25 factories.

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