Žilina Region

Žilina Region Žilinský kraj
Region
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the Žilina Region in Slovakia
Country	Slovakia
Capital	Žilina
Government
• Body	County Council of Žilina Region
• Governor	Erika Jurinová (OĽaNO)
Area
• Total	6,808.40 km2 (2,628.74 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,495 m (8,186 ft)
Lowest elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population  (2025)
• Total	684,190
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	€8.901 billion (2016)
• Per capita	€12,889 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SK-ZI
Website	www.zilinsky-kraj.sk

The Žilina Region (Slovak: Žilinský kraj) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. The capital is Žilina.

The region has 11 districts: Bytča, Čadca, Dolný Kubín, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Liptovský Mikuláš, Martin, Námestovo, Ružomberok, Turčianske Teplice, Tvrdošín and Žilina. There are 315 municipalities in the region.

There are largest cities in the region are: Žilina, Martin, Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok, Čadca and Dolný Kubín.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count:	685,365	694,763	690,434	684,190
Progress:		+1.37%	-0.62%	-0.90%

Population statistics

Year:	2024	2025
Count:	686,063	684,190
Progress:		-0.27%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	659,150	95.3%
Not found out	29,038	4.19%
Total	691,613

In year 2021 was 691,613 people by ethnicity 659,150 as Slovak, 29,038 as Not found out, 6465 as Czech, 2645 as Romani, 2198 as Other, 932 as Hungarian, 923 as Polish, 905 as Russian, 710 as German, 647 as Rusyn, 515 as Ukrainian, 244 as Moravian, 217 as Italian, 190 as English, 172 as Vietnamese, 135 as Korean, 133 as Jewish, 129 as Serbian, 128 as Chinese, 105 as French, 101 as Bulgarian, 100 as Irish, 100 as Austrian, 93 as Croatian, 78 as Canadian, 67 as Romanian, 54 as Greek, 48 as Turkish, 46 as Albanian, 44 as Silesian and 23 as Iranian.

Note on populationThe difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	454,957	65.78%
None	133,335	19.28%
Evangelical Church	54,399	7.87%
Not found out	31,338	4.53%
Total	691,613

In year 2021 was 691,613 people by religion 454,957 from Roman Catholic Church, 133,335 from None, 54,399 from Evangelical Church, 31,338 from Not found out, 3890 from Greek Catholic Church, 2159 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2117 from Ad hoc movements, 1780 from Other, 1500 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1080 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 832 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 726 from Buddhism, 645 from Calvinist Church, 518 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 369 from United Methodist Church, 365 from Islam, 290 from Baptists Church, 282 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 225 from Apostolic Church, 224 from Church of the Brethren, 184 from Old Catholic Church, 112 from Hinduism, 110 from Jewish community, 95 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 59 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 from Bahá'i Community and 6 from New Apostolic Church.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)