In this article we examined land-use changes in the cadastre of the city Ziar nad Hronom which has undergone extreme anthropogenic impact of industrial process, accompanied by very serious environmental impacts on nature and the inhabitants of the territory. Overall, in the period of 17 years 17.4% of land area has changed, representing an average annual change of 1.023%. The urbanized parts of the studied area were slightly less changed during this period of time, than the surrounding countryside. We have observed a significant increase in the percentage of hard surfaces by 1.33%, located mainly in the area surrounding the SNP and Slovalco plants. Unused areas have increased their size by 0.58%. We have not observed any significant process of urban sprawl in the studied landscape.