Boroughs and localities of Košice

Košice, the second largest city of Slovakia and largest city of east Slovakia, is divided into four national administrative districts (Slovak: okres: I, II, III, IV, and into 22 boroughs (Slovak: plural: mestské časti, literally: city parts, also translated as (city) districts or wards). These boroughs vary in size and population, from the smallest Džungľa and least populated Lorinčík to the largest Košice-Sever and most populated Košice-Západ.

Košice, with districts differentiated by colour. District and borough borders in black.

Each of the boroughs has its own mayor and council. The number of councillors in each depends on the size and population of that borough. Mayor and the local council are elected in municipal election every four years. The boroughs are responsible for issues of local significance such as urban planning, local roads maintenance, budget, local ordinances, parks maintenance, safety and so on.[1]

The following table gives an overview of the boroughs, along with the district, population, area, annexation, if applicable and location within Košice.

Borough and district		Population (in December 2019)[2]	Area in km²	Annexed or founded	Location
	Džungľa (I)	721	0.47	1990 (f.r 1929)
	Kavečany (I)	1,348	10.05	1976 (f.r. 1347)
	Sever (I)	20,151	54.58	n/a (f.r 1364)
	Sídlisko Ťahanovce (I)	21,936	8.26	1984
	Staré Mesto (I)	20,796	4.34	1230
	Ťahanovce (I)	2,532	7.28	1969 (f.r 1263)
	Lorinčík (II)	811	2.97	1248
	Luník IX (II)	6,596	1.07	1979
	Myslava (II)	2,475	7.01	1382
	Pereš (II)	2,061	1.33	1937
	Poľov (II)	1,219	12.96	1248
	Sídlisko KVP (II)	23,490	1.78	1980
	Šaca (II)	5,969	41.21	1275
	Západ (II)	39,657	5.53	1962
	Dargovských hrdinov (III)	25,804	11.09	1976
	Košická Nová Ves (III)	2,883	5.77	1968
	Barca (IV)	3,756	18.13	1215
	Juh (IV)	22,693	9.77	n/a
	Krásna (IV)	5,884	20.05	1143
	Nad jazerom (IV)	24,443	3.66	1275
	Šebastovce (IV)	745	5.1	1248
	Vyšné Opátske (IV)	2,623	4.19	1344
Total		22 boroughs	238,593	242,768069

The following table shows various quarters or localities in the boroughs.

Administrative and Territorial Division of Košice
Districts	Borough	Quarters or Localities
Košice I	Džungľa	Brody
	Kavečany
	Košice-Sever	Anička, Bankov, Jahodná, Hradová (with Košice Castle), Sídlisko Watsonovo, Čermeľ, Mier, Kalvária
	Sídlisko Ťahanovce	Skalky
	Staré mesto	Huštáky, Letná, Stredné Mesto, Sídlisko Kuzmányho
	Ťahanovce
Košice II	Lorinčík	Háje
	Luník IX	Nové diely
	Myslava	Maša, Povrazy
	Pereš
	Poľov
	Sídlisko KVP
	Šaca	Bužinka
	Západ	Luník I-VIII
Košice III	Dargovských hrdinov	Dargovských hrdinov I-VII, Slivník
	Košická Nová Ves	Konopiská
Košice IV	Barca
	Juh	Železníky
	Krásna
	Nad jazerom	Sídlisko Krásna
	Šebastovce
	Vyšné Opátske	Heringeš

References

1. "Oficiálne stránky mesta Košice - Mestské časti (Official website of the city of Košice - Boroughs)" (in Slovak). City of Košice. 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
2. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia – obce (ročne)". datacube.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

Bibliography

• Kollár, Daniel (2003). Slovensko: putovanie po regiónoch [Slovakia: wandering through the regions] (in Slovak). Bratislava: Dajama. ISBN 978-80-88975-56-4. OCLC 237809739.

External links

• Official website of Košice (in English)
• List of boroughs with municipal addresses (Official website of Košice) (in Slovak)
• Clickable map of Košice boroughs, with articles on each borough in Slovak (at Cassovia.sk) (in Slovak)