{
  "id": "sk/geo/povazska-bystrica/population",
  "catalog": "BC-000760",
  "title": "Počet obyvateľov mesta Považská Bystrica",
  "title_en": "Population of the town of Považská Bystrica",
  "value": 36690,
  "unit": "count",
  "period": "2026",
  "valid_from": "2025-12-31",
  "valid_to": null,
  "applies_to": "SK",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikipedia (EN) — Považská Bystrica (stav obyvateľstva podľa ŠÚ SR)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pova%C5%BEsk%C3%A1_Bystrica",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-08",
    "quote": "It has a population of 36,690 people (31 December 2025).",
    "published": "2025-01-01",
    "published_kind": "publication",
    "quote_en": "It has a population of 36,690 people (31 December 2025)."
  },
  "corroboration": [
    {
      "name": "Hlavné správy — matričný úrad mesta, k 31.12.2024: 37 208",
      "url": "https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/pocet-obyvatelov-mesta-povazska-bystrica-medzirocne-mierne-klesol/3789814",
      "retrieved": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "name": "Štatistický úrad SR — StatDat, Prehľad pohybu obyvateľstva",
      "url": "https://statdat.statistics.sk/",
      "retrieved": "2026-06-06"
    }
  ],
  "sources_count": 3,
  "confidence": "medium",
  "status": "ok",
  "verification": {
    "is_real": true,
    "method": "cross-checked proti viacerým nezávislým zdrojom",
    "checked": "2026-06-06",
    "checked_by": "botcorpus web verifikácia",
    "note": "Hodnota 36 690 (k 31.12.2025) konzistentná s poklesom z 37 208 (matrika k 31.12.2024). Presnú bunku StatDat sa nepodarilo načítať priamo (interaktívny Cognos viewer), preto confidence medium. Nie halucinácia.",
    "note_en": "The value 36,690 (as of 31.12.2025) is consistent with the decline from 37,208 (civil register as of 31.12.2024). The exact StatDat cell could not be loaded directly (interactive Cognos viewer), hence confidence medium. Not a hallucination."
  },
  "freshness": {
    "source_dated": "2025-01-01",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-08",
    "last_checked": "2026-06-08",
    "next_check": "2026-09-06",
    "cadence_days": 90,
    "stale": false,
    "source_hash": "4d161b5219790248"
  }
}