Kysak
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Kysak | |
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Village | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Kysak Location of Kysak in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′30″N 21°13′00″E / 48.85833°N 21.21667°E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Košice |
| District | Košice-okolie |
| First mentioned | 1330 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.92[2] km2 (4.22[2] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 256[3] m (840[3] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,449[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 044 81[3] |
| Area code | +421 55[3] |
| Car plate | KS |
| Website | www.kysak.sk |
Kysak (Hungarian: Sároskőszeg) is a village and railway hub in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
[edit]Historically, the village was first mentioned in 1330. There is a monument as a memory of the soldiers killed in the first and second World Wars.
Geography
[edit]The village lies at an altitude of 298 metres and covers an area of 10.865 km2.
Population
[edit]The municipality has a population of about 1390 people.
Transport
[edit]Kysak railway station is an important railway junction, where the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway diverges towards Poland from the Košice–Žilina railway, which is part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor.
References
[edit]- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
External links
[edit]- Municipal website (in Slovak)
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