Welcome to the English Version of the Portal of Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region

Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region is the largest of eight regional municipalities in Slovakia covering an area of 9 455 km2. It has a population of approximately 660 thousand people with a population density less than 70 inhabitants per 1 km2.
The region is administratively divided into 13 districts:

Banská Bystrica
Banská Štiavnica
Brezno
Detva
Krupina
Lučenec
Poltár
Revúca
Rimavská Sobota
Veľký Krtíš
Zvolen
Žarnovica
Žiar nad Hronom.

Our Responsibilities

The Office of Regional Municipality of Banská Bystrica is situated in the city centre of Banská Bystrica. Its main responsibilities cover multiple areas:

Transport (e.g. licensing of regional bus transporters)
Finance (e.g. different types of donations)
Investments and asset management (e.g. management of properties administered by the Regional Municipality of Banská Bystrica)
Culture and Tourism (e.g. tourism development; management of cultural institutions administered by the Regional Municipality of Banská Bystrica)
Regional Development (e.g. spatial planning)
Social Services (e.g. social consultancy, administration of social services providers register)
Education and Youth (e.g. establishing or abolishing schools or school facilities, information on education possibilities in high schools or secondary grammar schools)
Health (e.g. granting of permits for the operation of healthcare facilities and provision of pharmaceutical care).