Bratislava Region
region of Slovakia
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Bratislava Region is located in Slovakia. It was established on July 24, 1996.
Its population is 740k (2025).[1] Its area is 2.1k..
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Slovakia[3]
- Country: Slovakia[4]
- Head of government: Juraj Droba[5]
- Instance of: NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[6]
- Capital: Bratislava[7]
- Shares border with: Trnava Region[8], Burgenland[9], Győr-Moson-Sopron County[10], Lower Austria[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bratislava I[12], Bratislava II[13], Bratislava III[14], Bratislava IV[15], Bratislava V[16], Pezinok District[17], Malacky District[18], Senec District[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Shanghai[20]
- Part of: Western Slovakia[21]
- Commons category: Bratislava Region[22]
- Inception: July 24, 1996[23]
- Highest point: Vysoká[24]
- Official website: https://bratislavskykraj.sk/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bratislava Region[26]
- Web feed URL: https://bratislavskykraj.sk/rss-feed/[27]
- Population: 650,838[28], 719,537[29], 736,385[30], 739,635[31]
- Topic has template: Template:Bratislava Region[32], Q25720674[33]
- Official name: Bratislavský kraj[34], Pozsonyi kerület[35], Братиславский край[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bratislava Region[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bratislava Region[38]
- Native label: Bratislavský kraj[39], Pozsonyi kerület[40]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Bratislava Region[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Bratislava Region[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 559 m[43]
- Area: 2053.0 km²[44], 2052.608361 km²[45], 2052.609605 km²[46]
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Climate and Environment
Bratislava Region's Köppen climate classification is recorded as warm-summer humid continental climate[47].
Why It Matters
Bratislava Region has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]