The Trnava Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It was established in 1996, before which date, most of its districts were parts of Bratislava Region which was established on the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1923. It consists of 251 municipalities, from which 16 have a town status. It is the second most densely populated region in Slovakia.
In the lower, west part of Slovakia, the Trnava region forms a territorial band between the Bratislava Region and the rest of Slovakia, between Austrian and Czech borders in the north and north-west and the Hungarian border in the south. The part north of the Little Carpathians is part of the Záhorie Lowland, with its two subdivisions: hilly Chvojnická pahorkatina and flat Borská nÃÂà ¾ina. In addition to these, the Myjava Hills and the White Carpathians reach into the area. The fertile Danubian Lowland is located south of the Little Carpathians, again with two subdivisions: the Danubian Flat in the south, containing river island of à ½itný ostrov (Rye Island) and the Danubian Hills in the north, where it also borders the Povaà ¾ský Inovec range app. on the line Hlohovec - Pieà ¡à ¥any - border with the TrenÃÂÃÂn Region. Major rivers are the Danube on the Hungarian border, with part of the GabÃÂÃÂkovo Dam, Little Danube, which creates with Danube the island of à ½itný ostrov, Váh in the east, Dudváh in the centre, and Morava River in the north-west, along the Austrian and Czech borders. The region borders: Austrian Lower Austria and Czech South Moravian Region in the north-west, TrenÃÂÃÂn Region in the north, Nitra Region in the east, Hungarian Gyà Âr-Moson-Sopron county in the south and Bratislava Region in the west.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
In terms of population, the region is smallest of all Slovak regions. However, the population density is (), that is more than Slovak average (110 per km<sup>2</sup>). Largest towns are Trnava, Pieà ¡à ¥any, Hlohovec, Dunajská Streda and SereÃÂ.
The region is quite productive in both industry and agriculture. The proximity to the capital city of Bratislava is an asset, as many Trnava residents travel daily to work there. Lately, multinational manufacturing companies such as Peugeot or Samsung, Schäffler, ZF Slovakia, Vaillant Industrial and Bekaert settled in the region.
The current governor of the Trnava region is (PS; formerly OýaNO). He won with 42,9 % of the vote. In the 2017 elections to the regional parliament the results were as follows:
The Trnava Region consists of 7 districts: Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Hlohovec, Pieà ¡à ¥any, Senica, Skalica and Trnava. There are 251 municipalities in the region of which 16 are towns.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"