Government
The current government structure has been in place since 1990, and is composed of a mayor (primátor) and of a city council (Mestské zastupiteľstvo), which in turn leads a city board (Mestská rada) and city commissions (Komisie mestského zastupiteľstva). The mayor is the city's top executive officer, elected for a four-year term; the current mayor is Vladimír Butko, who is serving his first term and was inaugurated to function on 21st of December 2010. The city council is the highest legislative body of the city, represented by 31 councillors, elected to a concurrent term with the mayor's. Since 2002, Trnava is divided into six urban districts, with area and further sub-units in parentheses:
- Trnava-centre (2.15 km2; Staré mesto, Špiglsál)
- Trnava-west (20.60 km2; Prednádražie)
- Trnava-south (8.03 km2; Tulipán, Linčianska)
- Trnava-east (10.66 km2; Hlboká, Vozovka)
- Trnava-north (22.33 km2; Kopánka, Zátvor, Vodáreň)
- Modranka (7.76 km2)
However, compared to the present-day total area of 71.53 km2, the city used to have a larger area. Its height was in the 1970s, when it annexed villages of Modranka, Biely Kostol and Hrnčiarovce nad Parnou, reaching an area of almost 90 km2. The latter two separated in 1993 and 1994, respectively.
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