Krupina District

Krupina District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Banská Bystrica Region
Seat	Krupina
Area
• Total	584.89 km2 (225.83 sq mi)
Population  (2025)
• Total	21,129
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	045
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	KA
Municipalities	36

Krupina District (Slovak: okres Krupina) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was in the county of Kingdom of Hungary Hont County.

Population

Population statistic (10 years)

Year	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count	23,037	22,596	22,530	21,129
Difference		−1.91%	−0.29%	−6.21%

Population statistic

Year	2024	2025
Count	21,209	21,129
Difference		−0.37%

It has a population of 21,129 people (31 December 2025).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	25,265	—
1980	24,063	−4.8%
1991	23,325	−3.1%
2001	22,885	−1.9%
2011	22,927	+0.2%
2021	21,517	−6.1%
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	20,550	92.12%
Not found out	748	3.35%
Romani	529	2.37%
Total	22,307

In year 2021 was 22,307 people by ethnicity 20,550 as Slovak, 748 as Not found out, 529 as Romani, 117 as Hungarian, 82 as Czech, 68 as Other, 39 as Ukrainian, 33 as Russian, 20 as Italian, 18 as German, 17 as Rusyn, 15 as Romanian, 15 as Polish, 14 as Vietnamese, 14 as English, 5 as Moravian, 5 as Canadian, 4 as Serbian, 4 as French, 3 as Greek, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Austrian, 2 as Croatian and 1 as Silesian.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	14,248	66.22%
Evangelical Church	2997	13.93%
None	2992	13.91%
Not found out	789	3.67%
Total	21,517

In year 2021 was 21,517 people by religion 14,248 from Roman Catholic Church, 2997 from Evangelical Church, 2992 from None, 789 from Not found out, 100 from Greek Catholic Church, 68 from Ad hoc movements, 48 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 38 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 36 from Other, 31 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 31 from Buddhism, 30 from Calvinist Church, 29 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 24 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 18 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 13 from Islam, 8 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from Apostolic Church, 4 from United Methodist Church, 3 from Hinduism, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from New Apostolic Church, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Bahá'i Community.

Municipalities

Municipality	Area [km2]	Population
Bzovík	12.99	1,102
Cerovo	30.27	547
Čabradský Vrbovok	23.31	223
Čekovce	15.02	446
Devičie	14.06	294
Dolné Mladonice	6.42	126
Dolný Badín	6.24	250
Domaníky	7.87	211
Drážovce	8.02	114
Drienovo	15.32	94
Dudince	6.84	1,377
Hontianske Moravce	16.83	755
Hontianske Nemce	30.84	1,365
Hontianske Tesáre	33.11	854
Horné Mladonice	11.83	192
Horný Badín	5.62	169
Jalšovík	5.96	175
Kozí Vrbovok	5.34	154
Kráľovce-Krnišov	19.95	153
Krupina	88.66	7,496
Lackov	6.68	86
Ladzany	26.51	249
Lišov	19.38	217
Litava	22.12	742
Medovarce	13.23	214
Rykynčice	19.17	259
Sebechleby	30.42	1,169
Selce	5.13	82
Senohrad	15.20	706
Sudince	4.09	96
Súdovce	9.77	209
Terany	10.83	573
Trpín	6.35	116
Uňatín	12.99	175
Zemiansky Vrbovok	8.40	78
Žibritov	9.95	61

Population and area values are current for year 2025.