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In addition, as Bratislava since 1918 has enlarged its territory several times, a more accurate assessment of early demographics might take into account the formerly independent communities (Dúbravka, Lamač, Rača, etc.), which were mostly Slovak. An alternative would be to compare only those districts which officially belonged to the city in ...
The majority of the 5.4 million inhabitants of Slovakia are Slovak (83.82%). Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority (7.75%) and are concentrated in the southern and eastern regions of Slovakia. Other ethnic groups include Roma (1.23%), Czechs , Croats , Rusyns , Ukrainians , Germans , Poles , Gorals , Serbs [ 11 ] and Jews (about 2,300 ...
Bratislava IV (Slovak: okres Bratislava IV; Hungarian: Pozsonyi IV. járás) is an okres (district) of Bratislava in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia.It is the largest Bratislava district and covers the north-western parts of Bratislava, including the boroughs of Devín, Devínska Nová Ves, Dúbravka, Karlova Ves, Lamač and Záhorská Bystrica.
Until 1943, Bratislava consisted more or less of the boroughs Staré Mesto, Nové Mesto and a part of Ružinov. That year, the village of Karlova Ves was annexed to Bratislava. [ 2 ] In 1946, the formerly independent villages of Devín, Dúbravka, Lamač, Petržalka, Prievoz (part of Ružinov), Rača and Vajnory were annexed to Bratislava ...
A small, wine-making village for most of its history it was assimilated into Bratislava in the 1940s and in 1957, the construction of a large socialist panelák suburb started. Today, Karlova Ves has approximately 33,000 inhabitants and university dormitories in Mlynská dolina house an additional 15,000 students at the total area of 7874 ...
The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.
Bratislava lies on the foothills of the Little Carpathians mountains and the city straddles both banks of the Danube River. The city has a total area of 367.58 km 2 (141.92 sq mi), making it the second largest city in Slovakia by area (after the township of Vysoké Tatry ).
Bratislava V (Slovak: okres Bratislava V; Hungarian: Pozsonyi V. járás) is an okres (district) of Bratislava in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It covers southern areas of Bratislava, including the boroughs of Petržalka , Jarovce , Rusovce and Čunovo .