Prievidza District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region (kraj) |
Subdivision Name1: | Trenčín Region |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 960 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 131693 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
Area Code: | 46 |
Blank Name Sec1: | District code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 307[2] |
Prievidza District (Slovak: okres Prievidza, Hungarian: Privigyei járás) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Nyitra, apart from a small area in the south west around Handlová which formed part of the county of Bars.