Recent research has shown that the population of Slovak towns is not likely to rise in the future - quite the contrary. The research conducted by the Department of Human Geography and Demography of Comenius University's Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Demographic Research Centre running under Infostat focused on 11 Slovak cities and towns - Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina, Martin, Prievidza, Banská Bystrica, Poprad, Prešov and Košice. Their prognosis was focused on data until 2035. The study shows that there are several reasons for such a development: suburbanization, which means people moving to the outskirts of towns, ageing and decreasing fertility.
Elena Seeber, Foto: TASR
