Trnava

Trnava
Trnava, Church of John the Baptist
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  Little/Slovak Rome
Location of Trnava within Slovakia
Coordinates:
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Trnava Region
Districts	Trnava District
First mentioned	1211
Area
• Total	71.53 km2 (27.62 sq mi)
Elevation	146 m (479 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	63,180
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	91700
Website	www.trnava.sk

Trnava (German: Tyrnau, Hungarian: Nagyszombat) is a city in western Slovakia, around 50 km from the capital Bratislava. Because it has so many churches with the town walls, it is commonly called Little Rome or Slovak Rome.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1211. It received royal free town privileges as the first town in Slovakia in 1238. The town had its height as a cultural and religious centre, as it was seat of archbishopric from 1541 to 1820. The first horse-drawn railway in the Kingdom of Hungary was built to Trnava from Bratislava in 1846. It is again an seat of archbishopric since 1978. In 2003, French car manufacturer PSA started construction of automobile plant. It was finished in 2006

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	70,017	69,140	65,713	63,180
Progress:		-1.25%	-4.95%	-3.85%

Population statistics

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	62,955	63,180
Progress:		+0.35%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	57,982	90.87%
Not found out	4994	7.82%
Total	63,803

In year 2021 was 63,803 people by ethnicity 57,982 as Slovak, 4994 as Not found out, 485 as Czech, 336 as Other, 252 as Romani, 245 as Hungarian, 122 as Russian, 93 as Rusyn, 88 as Serbian, 84 as German, 81 as Ukrainian, 62 as Polish, 39 as Croatian, 36 as Vietnamese, 26 as Moravian, 26 as French, 25 as Chinese, 24 as Romanian, 23 as Italian, 20 as Austrian, 19 as Bulgarian, 17 as English, 14 as Jewish, 14 as Korean, 7 as Irish, 7 as Greek, 7 as Albanian, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Silesian and 2 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	34,926	54.74%
None	19,336	30.31%
Not found out	6060	9.5%
Evangelical Church	1456	2.28%
Total	63,803

In year 2021 was 63,803 people by religion 34,926 from Roman Catholic Church, 19,336 from None, 6060 from Not found out, 1456 from Evangelical Church, 389 from Greek Catholic Church, 261 from Other, 231 from Ad hoc movements, 194 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 148 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 125 from Buddhism, 120 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 80 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 76 from Calvinist Church, 76 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 66 from Islam, 51 from United Methodist Church, 45 from Church of the Brethren, 38 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 27 from Old Catholic Church, 24 from Jewish community, 22 from Hinduism, 21 from Apostolic Church, 12 from Bahá'i Community, 11 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 7 from Baptists Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Twin towns

• Scranton, Pennsylvania (United States)
• Varaždin, Croatia

Other websites

• Trnava Official website (in Slovak only)
• Trnava travel guide Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine