Prešov Region

Prešov Region Prešovský Kraj
Region
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Prešov Region
Country	Slovakia
Capital	Prešov
Government
• Governor	Milan Majerský (KDH)
Area
• Total	8,972.79 km2 (3,464.41 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,654 m (8,707 ft)
Lowest elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	810,008
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	€7.451 billion (2016)
• Per capita	€9,070 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SK-PV
Website	www.po-kraj.sk/sk/

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

The region has 13 districts: Bardejov, Humenné, Kežmarok, Levoča, Medzilaborce, Poprad, Prešov, Sabinov, Snina, Stará Ľubovňa, Stropkov, Svidník and Vranov nad Topľou. There are 666 municipalities in the region.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	763,911	796,745	819,977	810,008
Progress:		+4.29%	+2.91%	-1.21%

Population statistics

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	808,810	810,008
Progress:		+0.14%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	733,064	90.62%
Romani	65,161	8.05%
Rusyn	49,804	6.15%
Not found out	44,783	5.53%
Total	808,931

In year 2021 was 808,931 people by ethnicity 733,064 as Slovak, 65,161 as Romani, 49,804 as Rusyn, 44,783 as Not found out, 4270 as Czech, 3456 as Ukrainian, 2100 as Other, 1298 as Polish, 1197 as Hungarian, 1062 as German, 892 as Russian, 274 as English, 272 as Vietnamese, 238 as Italian, 137 as Moravian, 136 as Jewish, 134 as Irish, 108 as Chinese, 108 as Canadian, 101 as Bulgarian, 97 as Austrian, 93 as Albanian, 89 as French, 84 as Croatian, 82 as Romanian, 62 as Serbian, 62 as Greek, 50 as Turkish, 22 as Silesian, 4 as Korean i 3 as Iranian.

The 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	487,966	60.32%
Greek Catholic Church	114,401	14.14%
None	85,927	10.62%
Not found out	41,728	5.16%
Evangelical Church	35,597	4.4%
Eastern Orthodox Church	26,993	3.34%
Total	808,931

In year 2021 was 808,931 people by religion 487,966 from Roman Catholic Church, 114,401 from Greek Catholic Church, 85,927 from None, 41,728 from Not found out, 35,597 from Evangelical Church, 26,993 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2716 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 2666 from Apostolic Church, 2506 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1635 from Ad hoc movements, 1353 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1208 from Other, 780 from Calvinist Church, 754 from Church of the Brethren, 555 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 467 from Buddhism, 410 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 364 from Baptists Church, 248 from Islam, 216 from United Methodist Church, 142 from Old Catholic Church, 123 from Jewish community, 71 from Hinduism, 41 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 32 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 19 from Bahá'i Community i 13 from New Apostolic Church.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)