Brezno

Brezno
City
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Brezno Location of Brezno in the Banská Bystrica Region Brezno Brezno (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°48′14″N 19°38′37″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Brezno
First mentioned	1265
Government
• Mayor	Tomáš Abel
Area
• Total	121.96 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
Elevation	504 m (1,654 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	19,866
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	977 01
Area code	+421 48
Car plate	BR
Website	www.brezno.sk

Brezno (1927–1948: Brezno nad Hronom; German: Bries or Briesen; Hungarian: Breznóbánya) is a city in central Slovakia. It is on the river Hron. 19,671 people (2024) live there.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	22,981	22,417	21,331	19,671
Progress:		-2.45%	-4.84%	-7.78%

Population statistics

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	19,790	19,671
Progress:		-0.60%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	18,643	92.93%
Not found out	1254	6.25%
Romani	330	1.64%
Total	20,061

In year 2021 was 20,061 people by ethnicity 18,643 as Slovak, 1254 as Not found out, 330 as Romani, 142 as Czech, 50 as Hungarian, 42 as Other, 25 as Vietnamese, 25 as Russian, 19 as Rusyn, 19 as German, 19 as Moravian, 16 as Polish, 11 as Ukrainian, 7 as Jewish, 7 as Italian, 6 as Chinese, 6 as Serbian, 3 as French, 2 as Greek, 1 as Irish, 1 as Romanian, 1 as Austrian, 1 as Bulgarian, 1 as English and 1 as Albanian.

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	10,002	49.86%
None	6275	31.28%
Not found out	1906	9.5%
Evangelical Church	1132	5.64%
Greek Catholic Church	241	1.2%
Total	20,061

In year 2021 was 20,061 people by religion 10,002 from Roman Catholic Church, 6275 from None, 1906 from Not found out, 1132 from Evangelical Church, 241 from Greek Catholic Church, 84 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 76 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 66 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 66 from Ad hoc movements, 61 from Other, 31 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 26 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 20 from Calvinist Church, 14 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12 from Buddhism, 10 from United Methodist Church, 8 from Baptists Church, 7 from Apostolic Church, 5 from Bahá'i Community, 4 from Old Catholic Church, 4 from Islam, 4 from Hinduism, 3 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)