Trenčín District ( (or Trenčiansky okres), ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the

Trenčín Region The Trenčín Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of nine districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had been a part of the West Slovak Region () and partly the Central S ...

of northwestern

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. It borders the districts of

Bánovce nad Bebravou Bánovce nad Bebravou (, ) is a town in Slovakia, in the Trenčín Region. Names The name is derived from the personal name or title Bán meaning "the village of Bán's people". "Nad Bebravou" means "above Bebrava" (beaver river).Martin Štefán ...

, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, and

Ilava Ilava (, ) is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia. Name The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were ''Lewe'', ''Lewa'' (the same historic name as Levice), ''Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag'', later ''Ilava''. ...

. In the northwest, the Slovak state border also forms the border of the Trenčín district.

History

Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Trencsén.

Geography

The central part of the district, the Trenčianska kotlina basin and a part of the Ilavská kotlina basin are skirted by the

White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...

to the west and the Strážov Mountains and the Považský Inovec in the east.

Economy

The most important industries are engineering and electrical engineering. In the past also the textile and clothing industries were of importance. In the Trenčianske Teplice spa locomotive and nervous system diseases are treated.

Population

Municipalities

The district consists of 3 towns and 34 municipalities. The district seat is

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...

, which is also the oldest (founded in 1111) and most populous town of the district with 55,698 inhabitants in 2015. The smallest municipality is Petrova Lehota with 183 inhabitants. The youngest municipality is Štvrtok, which was founded in 1477. The municipalities with the lowest elevation are Ivanovce and Štvrtok, at an elevation of above sea level. The highest municipality is Dolná Poruba at above sea level. * Adamovské Kochanovce * Bobot * Dolná Poruba * Dolná Súča * Drietoma * Dubodiel * Horná Súča * Horňany *

Horné Srnie Horné Srnie () is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1439. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 25 ...

* Hrabovka * Chocholná-Velčice * Ivanovce * Kostolná-Záriečie * Krivosúd-Bodovka * Melčice-Lieskové * Mníchova Lehota * Motešice *

Nemšová Nemšová () is a town in the Trenčín District, Trenčín Region in northwestern Slovakia. Geography Nemšová is located in the Ilava Basin at the confluence of the Váh and Vlára rivers, at the foothills of the White Carpathians. It is from ...

* Neporadza * Omšenie * Opatovce * Petrova Lehota * Selec * Skalka nad Váhom * Soblahov * Svinná * Štvrtok * Trenčianska Teplá * Trenčianska Turná * Trenčianske Jastrabie * Trenčianske Mitice * Trenčianske Stankovce * Trenčianske Teplice *

* Veľká Hradná * Veľké Bierovce * Zamarovce

References

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