Skalica District

Skalica District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Trnava Region
Seat	Skalica
Area
• Total	357.07 km2 (137.87 sq mi)
Population  (2025)
• Total	46,440
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	034
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SI
Municipalities	21

Skalica District (Slovak: okres Skalica) is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. It lies in the northern part of Záhorská nížina, a lowland between Bratislava and Czech Republic. The district was established in 1923 and its current borders have existed from 1996. Its largest town is its seat Skalica.

The main branch of the district's economy is industry.

Important cultural sights are the historical center of the town Skalica and a church in Kopčany, one of the oldest buildings in Slovakia, originating from the Great Moravian period.

Population

Population statistic (10 years)

Year	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count	46,550	47,247	47,031	46,440
Difference		+1.49%	−0.45%	−1.25%

Population statistic

Year	2024	2025
Count	46,764	46,440
Difference		−0.69%

It has a population of 46,440 people (31 December 2025).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	39,783	—
1980	43,979	+10.5%
1991	46,247	+5.2%
2001	46,791	+1.2%
2011	46,671	−0.3%
2021	47,525	+1.8%
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	43,545	89.06%
Not found out	3173	6.48%
Czech	1192	2.43%
Total	48,894

In year 2021 was 48,894 people by ethnicity 43,545 as Slovak, 3173 as Not found out, 1192 as Czech, 318 as Romani, 128 as Other, 98 as Ukrainian, 77 as Hungarian, 70 as Moravian, 55 as Russian, 53 as Romanian, 30 as Rusyn, 26 as German, 23 as Italian, 17 as Austrian, 17 as Polish, 16 as Vietnamese, 9 as Bulgarian, 7 as Jewish, 7 as English, 6 as Serbian, 6 as French, 5 as Croatian, 4 as Chinese, 3 as Silesian, 3 as Albanian, 2 as Irish, 2 as Canadian, 1 as Turkish and 1 as Greek.

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	27,425	57.71%
None	13,629	28.68%
Not found out	3610	7.6%
Evangelical Church	1705	3.59%
Total	47,525

In year 2021 was 47,525 people by religion 27,425 from Roman Catholic Church, 13,629 from None, 3610 from Not found out, 1705 from Evangelical Church, 214 from Greek Catholic Church, 167 from Ad hoc movements, 153 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 153 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 99 from Other, 62 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 58 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 53 from Buddhism, 42 from Calvinist Church, 32 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 26 from United Methodist Church, 18 from Apostolic Church, 17 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 14 from Islam, 10 from Hinduism, 8 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 8 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 8 from Baptists Church, 6 from Jewish community, 5 from Old Catholic Church and 3 from New Apostolic Church.

Municipalities

Skalica District consists of 18 municipalities; in three of them are towns.

Municipality	Area [km2]	Population
Brodské	20.36	2,244
Dubovce	8.45	623
Gbely	60.75	4,801
Holíč	34.82	10,735
Chropov	17.79	355
Kátov	4.39	627
Kopčany	22.11	2,537
Koválovec	8.49	144
Letničie	6.63	484
Lopašov	5.21	332
Mokrý Háj	6.87	682
Oreské	3.72	397
Petrova Ves	14.67	1,081
Popudinské Močidľany	10.82	981
Prietržka	4.69	554
Radimov	12.83	501
Radošovce	26.59	1,711
Skalica	59.77	15,358
Trnovec	2.52	293
Unín	22.78	1,149
Vrádište	4.25	851

Population and area values are current for year 2025.