Medzilaborce District

Medzilaborce District (okres Medzilaborce) is a district in the Prešov Region of northeastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín. It has a population of roughly 11,000 and as such is the least populated of Slovakia's 79 districts.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	15,840	—
1980	14,586	−7.9%
1991	13,122	−10.0%
2001	12,668	−3.5%
2011	12,450	−1.7%
2021	11,056	−11.2%
Source: Censuses[1][2]

Medzilaborce District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Prešov Region
Seat	Medzilaborce
Area
• Total	427 km2 (165 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	11,056
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Economy and infrastructure

Mainly glass and machinery industry have the largest tradition in small town Medzilaborce.

From 1970s it had been a branch of Jablonecke sklarne which had employ approximately 600 people in the glass industry. Since 1999 Glass LPS has been a follower of 45 years old tradition in glass industry in Medzilaborce and still manufacture crystal chandeliers, grind crystal trimmings and export them around the world.

It was Transporta, later Vihorlat which had 1200 employees in machinery industry in small town Medzilaborce. Privatization and global financial crises had destroyed the structure of the whole factory. Nowadays companies Kovostroj and Labstroj continue in machinery industry.

Major employers

Glass LPS - producer of crystal chandeliers.

• Glass LPS Ltd.
• Kovostroj Inc.
• Labstroj Ltd.

Municipalities

Medzilaborce District (2020)

Municipality	Area (km2)[3]	Population[4][5]
Brestov nad Laborcom	6.04	115 ()
Čabalovce	21.4	341 ()
Čabiny	38.84	325 ()
Čertižné	23.72	327 ()
Habura	27.81	483 ()
Kalinov	13.78	260 ()
Krásny Brod	15.11	488 ()
Medzilaborce	47.48	6,504 ()
Ňagov	9.64	399 ()
Oľka	31.45	266 ()
Oľšinkov	7.65	21 ()
Palota	24.11	198 ()
Radvaň nad Laborcom	20.12	545 ()
Repejov	18.32	107 ()
Rokytovce	7.37	169 ()
Roškovce	12.54	144 ()
Sukov	8.18	157 ()
Svetlice	31.63	90 ()
Valentovce	2.2	44 ()
Volica	5.37	265 ()
Výrava	20.24	185 ()
Zbojné	18.15	159 ()
Zbudská Belá	15.97	116 ()

Source

• Lacika, Ján (2005). Slovaquie en bref. Priroda. ISBN 80-07-01377-6.