Prievidza

Prievidza
City
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Prievidza Location in Slovakia Prievidza Prievidza (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°46′16″N 18°37′18″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Prievidza
First mentioned	1113
Government
• Mayor	Katarína Macháčková
Area
• Total	43.06 km2 (16.63 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	309 m (1,014 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	43,645
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	971 01
Area code	+421 46
Car plate	PD
Website	www.prievidza.sk

Prievidza (Hungarian: Privigye, German: Priwitz) is a city in west-central Slovakia. About 46,000 people live there. It is the second largest city in the Trenčín Region.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count:	54,405	51,412	47,143	41,959
Progress:		-5.50%	-8.30%	-10.99%

Population statistics

Year:	2024	2025
Count:	42,429	41,959
Progress:		-1.10%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	40,614	90.21%
Not found out	3952	8.77%
Total	45,017

In year 2021 was 45,017 people by ethnicity 40,614 as Slovak, 3952 as Not found out, 420 as Czech, 177 as Hungarian, 167 as Other, 141 as Romani, 101 as German, 88 as Russian, 37 as Rusyn, 35 as Ukrainian, 35 as Polish, 34 as Vietnamese, 22 as Italian, 19 as Serbian, 18 as Chinese, 17 as Romanian, 17 as Croatian, 16 as English, 15 as Bulgarian, 14 as Moravian, 12 as Irish, 9 as Albanian, 8 as Jewish, 6 as Greek, 5 as Austrian, 4 as Turkish, 3 as Silesian, 3 as French, 1 as Korean and 1 as Canadian.

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	19,159	42.56%
None	19,119	42.47%
Not found out	4379	9.73%
Evangelical Church	742	1.65%
Total	45,017

In year 2021 was 45,017 people by religion 19,159 from Roman Catholic Church, 19,119 from None, 4379 from Not found out, 742 from Evangelical Church, 280 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 266 from Greek Catholic Church, 193 from Ad hoc movements, 191 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 188 from Other, 92 from Buddhism, 89 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 74 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 63 from Calvinist Church, 45 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 30 from Islam, 19 from Old Catholic Church, 19 from Hinduism, 16 from United Methodist Church, 16 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 11 from Apostolic Church, 7 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 6 from Jewish community, 5 from Church of the Brethren, 4 from Baptists Church, 2 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 2 from Bahá'i Community.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)