Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)
6. Towns along the Hungarian and Slovak border
Towns along the Hungarian and Slovak border Figure 22. Counties and regions along the Hungarian and Slovak border The differences between the regions and counties are clearly shown both by the map and the figures. Table 39 includes the census figures of five Slovak regions and six Hungarian counties bordering each other. The figures of the Bratislava region and Pest County also include the figures of the capital cities. The population density of the two countries is the same, but if compared on the basis of the map, we can see differences between the regions and counties. On the one hand, due to the two capital cities, the population density of their region/county is extremely high compared to the national average. On the other hand, Budapest has a much stronger character of a large city. The population density of the agricultural Nitra region is smaller than that of the more industrial Komárom-Esztergom County. Another example for the differences is that, due to Košice being a big city, the population density of its region is also larger than that of its neighbouring Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. 142 Edited by István Mezei, drawn by Máté Mády.
