Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)
3. The settlement structure of Slovakia
Town planning in (Czecho)Slovakia industry that played an important part in the increase. Between 1991 and 2001, however, we can witness the influence of economic transformation. The crisis of the industry, or rather mostly that of heavy industry, resulted in the decline of several towns. Table 27. Changes in the population of towns with over 10,000 inhabitants, 1910-1950 1910 1950% Partizánske 458 10,245 2. 236.9 Martin 4,113 23,975 582.9 Považská Bystrica 2,746 15,711 572.1 Poprad 2,283 12,590 551.5 Žilina 9,179 40,125 437.1 Liptovský Mikuláš 3,251 12,807 393.9 Trenčín 7,805 23,896 306.2 Topoľčany 6,399 17,434 272.4 Bratislava 78,223 209,397 267.7 Piešťany 7,379 17,577 238.2 Nitra 16,419 37,341 227.4 Banská Bystrica 10,776 24,195 224.5 Pczinok 4,809 10,292 214.0 Michalovce 6,120 13,065 213.5 Trnava 15,163 31,344 206.7 Zvolen 8,799 16,868 191.7 Prešov 16,323 29,533 180.9 Kežmarok 6,317 11,303 178.9 Nové Mesto nad Váhom 5,879 10,283 174.9 Košice 44,211 75,306 170.3 Rožňava 6,565 10,823 164.9 Hlohovec 7,749 12,731 164.3 Rimavská Sobota 6,912 11,064 160.1 Ružomberok 12,249 18,479 150.9 Levice 9,675 14,287 147.7 Nové Zámky 16,228 20,031 123.4 Lučenec 12,939 15,861 122.6 Spišská Nová Ves 10,525 12,248 116.4 Komárno 22,337 18,890 84.6 Vysoké Tatry / Starý Smokovec 11,254 Forrás: Štatisticky úrad SR, Bratislava Table 28. Changes in the population of towns with over 20,000 inhabitants, 1950-1991 1950 1991% Prievidza 6,746 53,424 791.94 Šaľa 5,811 24,776 426.36 Poprad 12,590 52,914 420.29 Humcnné 8,409 34,638 411.92 Bardejov 8,175 30,812 376.91 Banskí! Bystrica 24,195 85,030 351.44 Dunajskť Streda 6,664 23,236 348.68 Vranov nad Topľou 6,793 22,487 331.03 Spišskí! Noví! Ves 12,248 39,218 320.20 Brezno 7,159 22,469 313.86 Košice 75,306235,160 312.27 Prešov 29,533 87,765 297.18 Michalovce 13,065 38,823 297.15 Senica 6,761 20,085 297.07 Čadca 8,595 25,183 293.00 Trebišov 7,276 20,675 284.15 Partizfiiskc 10,245 26,543 259.08 Považskí! Bystrica 15,711 40,083 255.13 Zvolen 16,868 41,984 248.90 Liptovský Mikulá» 12,807 31,725 247.72 Martin 23, 975 58,393 243.56 Nitra 37,341 89,969 240.94 Levice 14.287 33,991 237.92 Trenčín 23,896 56,828 237.81 Trnava 31,344 71,783 229.02 Rimavskí! Sobota 11,064 24,771 223.89 Nové Zflnky 20,031 42,923 214.28 Bratislava 209,397442,197 211.18 Žilina 40,125 83,911 209.12 Nové Mesto nad VíJiom 10,283 20,956 203.79 Pezinok 10,292 20,515 199.33 Komíino 18,890 37,346 197.70 Piešťany 17,577 33,176 188.75 Topoľčany 17,434 32,603 187.01 Hlohovec 12,731 23,409 183.87 Lučenec 15,861 28,861 181.96 Kežmarok 11,303 20,294 179.55 Ružomberok 18,479 29,416 159.19 In a geographical sense, we must add that the table only includes one or two of the members of the town ring following the southern border line, but their population did not remain over 10,000 permanently, either. Lučenec and Komárno are two such towns. The continuous presence of Nové Zámky and the appearance of Michalovce in the table are examples of towns that transmitted the needs of the settlements in the southern part 85
