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

4. Towns in Slovakia after 1993

The urban development role of the economy

Figure 19. The 24 most important industrial companies in villages

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

Figure 20. The 72 most important service-providing companies in Slovakia

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

The geographical location of the 72 most important service-providing companies (Figure 20) shows that, compared to industrial activities, services are much more linked to towns and cities. The importance of towns and cities is first of all due to education and research or the presence of quali-117