Piešťany District

District Piešťany
District Piešťany
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Trnava Region
Area
• Total	381 km2 (147 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	64,019
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	33

Piešťany District (okres Piešťany) is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia, with the town of Piešťany being as its seat, cultural and economic center.

Geography

The district lies in the northern part of the Trnava Region. It is bordered by the

Váh Inovec in the east, Danubian Hills in the center and south and the Váh and Dudváh

rivers.

Piešťany District has an area of 381 km² and a population of 64,019.

History

The lands of the current Pieštany District have been inhabited since the

Nitra

.

In 1918, it became part of the first

wartime Slovak Republic, it was part of the extended Trenčín county. When Czechoslovak rule was restored in 1945, it was a district until 1960, at which time it became part of the Trnava district, belonging to the Western Slovak Region

. After Slovakia's independence in 1993, the current district was formed in 1996.

Municipalities

Piešťany District has 27 municipalities, of which 2 have a town statute. 56.5% of the district's population lives in towns.

Piešťany District (2020)
Municipality	Area (km²)^[1]	Population^[2]^[3]
Banka	8.58	2,071 ()
Bašovce	4.04	335 ()
Borovce	10.87	1,087 ()
Chtelnica	32.96	2,542 ()
Dolný Lopašov	22.93	982 ()
Drahovce	24.04	2,587 ()
Dubovany	11.33	1,057 ()
Ducové	2.63	458 ()
Hubina	26.84	511 ()
Kočín-Lančár	13.11	525 ()
Krakovany	9.82	1,469 ()
Moravany nad Váhom	10.78	2,498 ()
Nižná	8.04	541 ()
Ostrov	9.35	1,216 ()
Pečeňady	8.57	552 ()
Piešťany	8.04	541 ()
Prašník	27.88	824 ()
Rakovice	6.95	617 ()
Ratnovce	8.43	1,099 ()
Šípkové	8.3	293 ()
Sokolovce	6.57	1,366 ()
Šterusy	11.08	496 ()
Trebatice	7.66	1,361 ()
Veľké Kostoľany	24.38	2,785 ()
Veľké Orvište	3.83	1,058 ()
Veselé	13.86	1,244 ()
Vrbové	13.96	5,912 ()