Businesses in Šahy

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Šahy

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Shopping	58
Beauty salons	32
Restaurants	29
Wholesalers	27
Education	26
Shopping other	14
Other construction	13
Freight/commercial transport	13
Financial services	10
Furniture stores	10

Šahy Facts

Area	2.7 km²
Population	5,594
Male Population	2,651 (47.4%)
Female Population	2,943 (52.6%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-2.5%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-0.4%
Median Age	39 years (Male: 37, Female: 41.4)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$25,479 (2022)
Area Codes	36
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	48.07408, 18.94946
Postal Codes	936 01

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Šahy Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	5,736	5,800	5,615	5,026	5,594	5,566	5,288
Population Density	2,134.3 / km²	2,158.1 / km²	2,089.3 / km²	1,870.1 / km²	2,081.5 / km²	2,071.1 / km²	1,967.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Šahy Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 0.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Šahy	-2.5%	-3.6%	-0.4%
Nitra Region	—	—	—
Slovakia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Šahy Median Age

Median Age: 39 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Šahy	39 yrs	41.4 yrs	37 yrs
Nitra Region	39.4 yrs	41.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Slovakia	37.7 yrs	39.3 yrs	36.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Šahy Population Density

Population Density: 2,082 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Šahy	5,594	2.688 km²	2,082 / km²
Nitra Region	681,795	6,342.6 km²	108 / km²
Slovakia	5.4 million	48,996.2 km²	111 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Šahy Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Šahy

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Šahy

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Šahy Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$9,450	$10,137	$11,358	$14,621	$19,961	$24,101	$25,409	$25,479
Total GDP	$73.2M	$79.1M	$87.8M	$111M	$149.7M	$178.2M	$186M	$187.5M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Šahy CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Šahy	59,796 tn	10.69 tn	22,249.8 tons/km²
Nitra Region	7,185,384 tn	10.54 tn	1,132.9 tons/km²
Slovakia	56,497,175 tn	10.42 tn	1,153.1 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Šahy CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	59,796 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	10.69 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	22,249.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (4)
Earthquake	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
1/19/14	1:34 AM	4	29.8 km	3,100 m	4km ESE of Balassagyarmat, Hungary	usgs.gov
6/5/13	6:45 PM	4.1	22.8 km	6,200 m	4km ENE of Ersekvadkert, Hungary	usgs.gov
1/29/11	5:41 PM	4.3	77 km	10,000 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
12/31/06	1:39 PM	4.1	75.5 km	5,200 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
9/15/06	9:02 PM	3.1	97.2 km	10,000 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
10/14/04	9:44 AM	3	99.8 km	8,300 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
9/23/04	5:32 AM	3.5	23.8 km	7,500 m	Slovakia	usgs.gov
8/18/04	9:01 AM	3.3	92.9 km	10,000 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
8/17/04	6:00 PM	3.4	94.8 km	10,000 m	Hungary	usgs.gov
6/21/03	8:05 PM	3.8	91.1 km	10,000 m	Hungary	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Šahy

Šahy (until 1927 "Ipolské Šiahy", Hungarian: Ipolyság, rarely German: Eipelschlag) is a town in southern Slovakia, The town has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population is 7,516 people (2014), with an average age of 42.5.

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