Settlement development in Vel'ké Pole, Píla and Radobica, Slovakia

Development of the land use between 1782 and Today:

Total area of the municipality: ca. 7267 ha

1782 Change 1844/60 Change 1956 Change Today
Forest 5640.16 ha
(37.07%)
1682.70 ha
(11.35%)
7322.86 ha
(48.42%)
677.88 ha
(3.08%)
8000.74 ha
(52.61%)
3140.71 ha
(56.19%)
11141.45 ha
(73.26%)




Agriculture 9234.15 ha
(60.69%)
-1601.37 ha
(-10.22%)
7632.78 ha
(50.47%)
-763.45 ha
(-8.05%)
6869.33 ha
(45.17%)
-3143.03 ha
(-56.54%)
3726.30 ha
(24.50%)




Settlement 340.24 ha
(2.24%)
-173.62 ha
(-1.13%)
166.62 ha
(1.10%)
171.46 ha
(4.97%)
338.08 ha
(2.22%)
2.30 ha
(0.36%)
340.38 ha
(2.24%)





Percentages of the settlement, agriculture and forest areas:


Land use change between 1782-1860

In 1782 38% of Pila consists of forest, which extends mainly in the north and the south of Pila. Around the village of Pila agriculture is usually run, therefore in 1782 you almost can’t find any forest there. The amount of agriculture at this time Pila is aroun 60% of land use, the remaining 2% are the living space of the population.
In 1782 forest area claimed about a third of Veľké Pole, the population 2.4% and agriculture stretched similar to Pila on more than 63% of the area of Veľké Pole. To the north of the region there were large forests, also in the southwestern outskirts. Most of the about 1,300 people in this time were located in the same called village.