Trenčín

Trenčín
Trenčín
	Trenčín castle above the city
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Trenčín within Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°53′31″N 18°02′12″E / 48.89194°N 18.03667°E
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Trenčín Region
Districts	Trenčín District
First mentioned	1111
Area
• Total	81.99 km2 (31.66 sq mi)
Elevation	398 m (1,306 ft)
Population (2024)
• Total	54,130
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	91101
Website	www.trencin.sk

Trenčín (German: Trentschin; Hungarian: Trencsén; Latin: Laugaritio) is a town in western Slovakia (close to the Czech border) on the Váh river.

History

The site is inhabited since time immemorial. Trenčín is best known for Roman writing below the Trenčín castle. In the 13th century, the castle was home to the legendary Matthew Csák, "Lord of the river Váh and the Tatra mountains".

Population

Population statistics (10 years)^[3]
Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	58,347	56,850	55,857	54,130
Progress:		-2.56%	-1.74%	-3.09%

Population statistics^[3]
Year:	2023	2024
Count:	54,065	54,130
Progress:		+0.12%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[4]^[5]
Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	50,782	92.76%
Not found out	3080	5.62%
Czech	1059	1.93%
Total	54,740

In year 2021 was 54,740 people by ethnicity 50,782 as Slovak, 3080 as Not found out, 1059 as Czech, 221 as Other, 137 as Hungarian, 91 as Russian, 72 as Rusyn, 67 as Ukrainian, 67 as Moravian, 65 as German, 45 as Romani, 40 as Polish, 38 as Italian, 17 as Jewish, 17 as Irish, 17 as English, 16 as Serbian, 16 as French, 13 as Croatian, 12 as Vietnamese, 11 as Austrian, 11 as Canadian, 11 as Bulgarian, 8 as Romanian, 7 as Greek, 5 as Silesian, 4 as Chinese, 4 as Albanian, 2 as Turkish, 2 as Korean and 2 as Iranian.

Note on population

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.