List of cities and towns in Slovakia

For a list of municipalities in Slovakia, see List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia.

This is a list of cities and towns in Slovakia, called mestá (singular mesto) in Slovak. Although mesto is variously translated into English as "town" or "city", there is no such legal distinction in Slovak. As of 25 September 2019, there were 141 mestá in Slovakia. (For German and Hungarian names of these towns, which are used by the respective ethnic minorities, see articles list of German exonyms for places in Slovakia and list of Hungarian exonyms for places in Slovakia).

List

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Bratislava

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Košice

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Prešov

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Žilina

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Nitra

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Banská Bystrica

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Trnava

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Trenčín

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Poprad

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Martin

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Prievidza

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Zvolen

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Michalovce

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Komárno

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Spišská Nová Ves

	City or town	District	Region	Population
				2019	2001	Change
File:Coat of Arms of Bratislava.svg	Bratislava	Bratislava I, II, III, IV, V	Bratislava Region	437,725	428,672	+2.11%
File:Coat of Arms of Košice.svg	Košice	Košice I, II, III, IV	Košice Region	238,593	236,093	+1.06%
File:Coat of Arms of Prešov.svg	Prešov	Prešov	Prešov Region	88,464	92,786	−4.66%
	Žilina	Žilina	Žilina Region	80,727	85,400	−5.47%
File:Coat of Arms of Banská Bystrica.svg	Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica Region	78,084	83,056	−5.99%
File:Coat of Arms of Nitra.svg	Nitra	Nitra	Nitra Region	76,533	87,285	−12.32%
File:Coat of Arms of Trnava.svg	Trnava	Trnava	Trnava Region	65,033	70,286	−7.47%
File:Coat of Arms of Trenčín.svg	Trenčín	Trenčín	Trenčín Region	55,383	57,854	−4.27%
File:Coat of Arms of Martin.svg	Martin	Martin	Žilina Region	54,168	60,133	−9.92%
File:Coat of Arms of Poprad.svg	Poprad	Poprad	Prešov Region	51,235	56,157	−8.76%
File:Coat of Arms of Prievidza.svg	Prievidza	Prievidza	Trenčín Region	45,634	53,097	−14.06%
File:Coat of Arms of Zvolen.svg	Zvolen	Zvolen	Banská Bystrica Region	42,167	43,789	−3.70%
File:Coat of Arms of Považská Bystrica.svg	Považská Bystrica	Považská Bystrica	Trenčín Region	39,271	42,773	−8.19%
	Michalovce	Michalovce	Košice Region	38,776	39,948	−2.93%
File:Coat of Arms of Nové Zámky.svg	Nové Zámky	Nové Zámky	Nitra Region	37,512	42,262	−11.24%
	Spišská Nová Ves	Spišská Nová Ves	Košice Region	37,007	39,193	−5.58%
	Komárno	Komárno	Nitra Region	33,751	37,366	−9.67%
	Humenné	Humenné	Prešov Region	32,834	35,157	−6.61%
	Levice	Levice	Nitra Region	32,735	36,538	−10.41%
File:Coat of Arms of Bardejov.svg	Bardejov	Bardejov	Prešov Region	32,293	33,247	−2.87%
File:Coat of Arms of Liptovský Mikuláš.svg	Liptovský Mikuláš	Liptovský Mikuláš	Žilina Region	31,000	33,007	−6.08%
	Lučenec	Lučenec	Banská Bystrica Region	27,739	28,332	−2.09%
File:Coat of Arms of Piešťany.svg	Piešťany	Piešťany	Trnava Region	27,336	30,606	−10.68%
File:Coat of Arms of Ružomberok.svg	Ružomberok	Ružomberok	Žilina Region	26,558	30,417	−12.69%
	Topoľčany	Topoľčany	Nitra Region	24,785	28,968	−14.44%
File:Coat of arms of Trebišov.png	Trebišov	Trebišov	Košice Region	24,649	22,432	+9.88%
	Čadca	Čadca	Žilina Region	23,941	26,699	−10.33%
	Rimavská Sobota	Rimavská Sobota	Banská Bystrica Region	23,751	25,088	−5.33%
	Dubnica nad Váhom	Ilava	Trenčín Region	23,550	25,995	−9.41%
	Pezinok	Pezinok	Bratislava Region	23,034	21,082	+9.26%
	Dunajská Streda	Dunajská Streda	Trnava Region	22,684	23,519	−3.55%
	Partizánske	Partizánske	Trenčín Region	22,269	24,907	−10.59%
	Vranov nad Topľou	Vranov nad Topľou	Košice Region	22,245	22,985	−3.22%
	Šaľa	Šaľa	Nitra Region	21,689	24,564	−11.70%
	Hlohovec	Hlohovec	Trnava Region	21,301	23,729	−10.23%
	Brezno	Brezno	Banská Bystrica Region	20,889	22,875	−8.68%
	Senica	Senica	Trnava Region	20,289	21,253	−4.54%
	Snina	Snina	Prešov Region	20,289	21,325	−4.86%
	Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Trenčín Region	20,071	21,327	−5.89%
	Senec	Senec	Bratislava Region	19,963	14,673	+36.05%
File:Coa Slovakia Town Rožňava.svg	Rožňava	Rožňava	Košice Region	19,045	19,261	−1.12%
	Žiar nad Hronom	Žiar nad Hronom	Banská Bystrica Region	18,852	19,945	−5.48%
	Dolný Kubín	Dolný Kubín	Žilina Region	18,665	19,948	−6.43%
	Bánovce nad Bebravou	Bánovce nad Bebravou	Trenčín Region	17,750	20,901	−15.08%
File:Coat of Arms of Púchov.svg	Púchov	Púchov	Trenčín Region	17,561	18,833	−6.75%
	Malacky	Malacky	Bratislava Region	17,467	17,773	−1.72%
	Handlová	Prievidza	Trenčín Region	16,890	18,018	−6.26%
	Kežmarok	Kežmarok	Prešov Region	16,346	17,383	−5.97%
	Stará Ľubovňa	Stará Ľubovňa	Prešov Region	16,327	16,227	+0.62%
	Sereď	Galanta	Trnava Region	15,444	17,406	−11.27%
	Skalica	Skalica	Trnava Region	15,022	15,013	+0.06%
	Galanta	Galanta	Trnava Region	14,990	16,365	−8.40%
	Kysucké Nové Mesto	Kysucké Nové Mesto	Žilina Region	14,953	16,558	−9.69%
File:Coat of Arms of Levoča.svg	Levoča	Levoča	Prešov Region	14,722	14,366	+2.48%
File:Coat of Arms of Detva.svg	Detva	Detva	Banská Bystrica Region	14,545	15,122	−3.82%
	Šamorín	Dunajská Streda	Trnava Region	13,350	12,143	+9.94%
	Sabinov	Sabinov	Prešov Region	12,700	12,290	+3.34%
	Stupava	Malacky	Bratislava Region	12,108	8,063	+50.17%
	Revúca	Revúca	Banská Bystrica Region	11,949	13,466	−11.27%
	Veľký Krtíš	Veľký Krtíš	Banská Bystrica Region	11,755	14,013	−16.11%
	Myjava	Myjava	Trenčín Region	11,514	13,142	−12.39%
File:Coat of Arms of Zlate Moravce.png	Zlaté Moravce	Zlaté Moravce	Nitra Region	11,375	15,618	−27.17%
File:Coat of arms of Bytča.png	Bytča	Bytča	Žilina Region	11,363	11,550	−1.62%
	Moldava nad Bodvou	Košice-okolie	Košice Region	11,307	9,525	+18.71%
	Holíč	Skalica	Trnava Region	11,156	11,416	−2.28%
File:Coat of Arms of Nová Dubnica.svg	Nová Dubnica	Ilava	Trenčín Region	11,040	12,358	−10.67%
	Svidník	Svidník	Prešov Region	10,752	12,428	−13.49%
	Kolárovo	Komárno	Nitra Region	10,586	10,823	−2.19%
File:Coa Slovakia Town Fülek.svg	Fiľakovo	Lučenec	Banská Bystrica Region	10,568	10,198	+3.63%
	Stropkov	Stropkov	Prešov Region	10,438	10,874	−4.01%
File:Coat of Arms of Štúrovo.svg	Štúrovo	Nové Zámky	Nitra Region	10,186	11,708	−13.00%
File:Coat of Arms of Banská Štiavnica.svg	Banská Štiavnica	Banská Štiavnica	Banská Bystrica Region	10,004	10,874	−8.00%
	Šurany	Nové Zámky	Nitra Region	9,659	10,491	−7.93%
	Tvrdošín	Tvrdošín	Žilina Region	9,201	9,544	−3.59%
	Modra	Pezinok	Bratislava Region	9,046	8,536	+5.97%
	Veľké Kapušany	Michalovce	Košice Region	8,862	9,760	−9.20%
	Stará Turá	Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Trenčín Region	8,764	10,291	−14.84%
	Krompachy	Spišská Nová Ves	Košice Region	8,684	8,812	−1.45%
	Veľký Meder	Dunajská Streda	Trnava Region	8,612	9,113	−5.50%
File:Coat of Arms of Vráble.svg	Vráble	Nitra	Nitra Region	8,551	9,493	−9.92%
	Sečovce	Trebišov	Košice Region	8,542	7,819	+9.25%
	Svit	Poprad	Prešov Region	7,923	7,445	+6.42%
	Krupina	Krupina	Banská Bystrica Region	7,912	7,991	−0.99%
	Námestovo	Námestovo	Žilina Region	7,784	8,135	−4.31%
	Vrútky	Martin	Žilina Region	7,748	7,298	+6.17%
File:Coat of Arms of Turzovka.svg	Turzovka	Čadca	Žilina Region	7,515	7,854	−4.32%
File:Kráľovský Chlmec - erb.jpg	Kráľovský Chlmec	Trebišov	Košice Region	7,426	8,031	−7.53%
	Hriňová	Detva	Banská Bystrica Region	7,415	8,289	−10.54%
	Hnúšťa	Rimavská Sobota	Banská Bystrica Region	7,411	7,557	−1.93%
	Hurbanovo	Komárno	Nitra Region	7,397	8,153	−9.27%
	Liptovský Hrádok	Liptovský Mikuláš	Žilina Region	7,397	8,232	−10.14%
	Trstená	Tvrdošín	Žilina Region	7,360	7,461	−1.35%
File:Coa Slovakia Town Újbánya.svg	Nová Baňa	Žarnovica	Banská Bystrica Region	7,314	7,505	−2.54%
	Šahy	Levice	Nitra Region	7,219	8,061	−10.45%
	Tornaľa	Revúca	Banská Bystrica Region	7,114	8,169	−12.91%
	Krásno nad Kysucou	Čadca	Žilina Region	6,799	6,939	−2.02%
	Želiezovce	Levice	Nitra Region	6,746	7,522	−10.32%
	Spišská Belá	Kežmarok	Prešov Region	6,733	6,136	+9.73%
	Lipany	Sabinov	Prešov Region	6,542	6,130	+6.72%
	Medzilaborce	Medzilaborce	Prešov Region	6,531	6,741	−3.12%
	Veľký Šariš	Prešov	Prešov Region	6,426	4,018	+59.93%
	Nemšová	Trenčín	Trenčín Region	6,414	6,136	+4.53%
File:Coat of Arms of Sobrance.svg	Sobrance	Sobrance	Košice Region	6,346	6,262	+1.34%
File:Coat of Arms of Turčianske Teplice.svg	Turčianske Teplice	Turčianske Teplice	Žilina Region	6,330	7,031	−9.97%
	Žarnovica	Žarnovica	Banská Bystrica Region	6,170	6,596	−6.46%
	Gelnica	Gelnica	Košice Region	6,047	6,404	−5.57%
	Vrbové	Piešťany	Trnava Region	5,907	6,249	−5.47%
	Rajec	Žilina	Žilina Region	5,787	6,074	−4.73%
File:Coat of Arms of Svätý Jur.svg	Svätý Jur	Pezinok	Bratislava Region	5,724	4,614	+24.06%
File:Coa Slovakia Town Dobsina.svg	Dobšiná	Rožňava	Košice Region	5,685	4,896	+16.12%
File:Coat of Arms of Poltár.svg	Poltár	Poltár	Banská Bystrica Region	5,584	6,099	−8.44%
	Gabčíkovo	Dunajská Streda	Trnava Region	5,473	5,084	+7.65%
	Ilava	Ilava	Trenčín Region	5,464	5,411	+0.98%
	Kremnica	Žiar nad Hronom	Banská Bystrica Region	5,258	5,822	−9.69%
	Sládkovičovo	Galanta	Trnava Region	5,209	6,078	−14.30%
	Gbely	Skalica	Trnava Region	5,073	5,223	−2.87%
	Nesvady	Komárno	Nitra Region	5,049	5,063	−0.28%
	Bojnice	Prievidza	Trenčín Region	4,992	5,006	−0.28%
File:Coat of arms of Šaštín-Stráže.png	Šaštín-Stráže	Senica	Trnava Region	4,965	5,005	−0.80%
File:Coat of Arms of Sliač.svg	Sliač	Zvolen	Banská Bystrica Region	4,959	4,667	+6.26%
File:Coat of Arms of Brezová pod Bradlom.svg	Brezová pod Bradlom	Myjava	Trenčín Region	4,768	5,567	−14.35%
File:Metzenseifen Coat of Arms.svg	Medzev	Košice-okolie	Košice Region	4,482	3,667	+22.23%
	Turany	Martin	Žilina Region	4,278	4,444	−3.74%
	Strážske	Michalovce	Košice Region	4,250	4,474	−5.01%
	Nováky	Prievidza	Trenčín Region	4,203	4,402	−4.52%
	Trenčianske Teplice	Trenčín	Trenčín Region	4,162	4,438	−6.22%
	Leopoldov	Hlohovec	Trnava Region	4,097	3,999	+2.45%
	Giraltovce	Svidník	Prešov Region	4,089	4,189	−2.39%
	Tisovec	Rimavská Sobota	Banská Bystrica Region	4,087	4,215	−3.04%
	Vysoké Tatry	Poprad	Prešov Region	4,009	5,407	−25.86%
	Spišské Podhradie	Levoča	Prešov Region	3,985	3,780	+5.42%
	Hanušovce nad Topľou	Vranov nad Topľou	Prešov Region	3,782	3,582	+5.58%
File:Coat of Arms of Čierna nad Tisou.svg	Čierna nad Tisou	Trebišov	Košice Region	3,619	4,645	−22.09%
File:Coat of arms of Tlmače.png	Tlmače	Levice	Nitra Region	3,520	4,305	−18.23%
	Spišské Vlachy	Spišská Nová Ves	Košice Region	3,459	3,518	−1.68%
	Jelšava	Revúca	Banská Bystrica Region	3,289	3,287	+0.06%
	Podolínec	Stará Ľubovňa	Prešov Region	3,155	3,173	−0.57%
File:Coat of Arms of Rajecké Teplice.svg	Rajecké Teplice	Žilina	Žilina Region	3,023	2,677	+12.92%
	Spišská Stará Ves	Kežmarok	Prešov Region	2,230	2,355	−5.31%
	Modrý Kameň	Veľký Krtíš	Banská Bystrica Region	1,624	1,434	+13.25%
	Dudince	Krupina	Banská Bystrica Region	1,395	1,500	−7.00%

See also

• Lists of cities

External links

• Official web page of Statistical Bureau of Slovak Republic
• Former names of all Slovakia´s towns and villages prior IWW (prior 1918)
• Historical demographic data of Slovak towns from Populstat site by Jan Lahmeyer