Sabinov District

Sabinov District (okres Sabinov) is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.^[3] It lies on the highlands of Šarišská vrchovina. The district had been established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. Food, pharmaceutical and clothing industry and located foremost in its towns and Šarišské Michaľany. In the district are three recreational centers, mainly used during winter and skiing season. Overall, the district suffers from the high unemployment rate. In Sabinov district are 43 municipalities, in two of them are towns.

It has a population of 61,995 people (31 December 2024).^[5]

In year 2021 was 71,440 people by ethnicity 56,571 as Slovak, 10,711 as Romani, 2646 as Not found out, 948 as Rusyn, 174 as Czech, 99 as Other, 76 as Ukrainian, 45 as Hungarian, 40 as Russian, 37 as Polish, 26 as German, 10 as Irish, 9 as English, 8 as Italian, 6 as Croatian, 5 as Romanian, 5 as Bulgarian, 4 as Austrian, 3 as Jewish, 3 as Turkish, 3 as Moravian, 3 as Greek, 3 as French, 2 as Silesian, 2 as Albanian and 1 as Canadian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 60,389 people by religion 45,432 from Roman Catholic Church, 5698 from Greek Catholic Church, 3543 from None, 2351 from Not found out, 1134 from Apostolic Church, 827 from Evangelical Church, 718 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 232 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 103 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 102 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 92 from Ad hoc movements, 46 from Other, 23 from Calvinist Church, 22 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 16 from Buddhism, 11 from United Methodist Church, 8 from Church of the Brethren, 7 from Old Catholic Church, 7 from Islam, 4 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 4 from Baptists Church, 3 from Jewish community, 3 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2 from Hinduism and 1 from New Apostolic Church.

Population and area values are current for year 2024.

49°6′10″N 21°5′52″E / 49.10278°N 21.09778°E / 49.10278; 21.09778