Košický kraj
| Košický kraj | |||
|
|||
  |
|||
| Parent state | Slovakia | ||
| Type of administrative unit | Kraj | ||
| Administrative division | 11 Okresy | ||
| surface | 6,755 km² | ||
| Residents | 801,460 (December 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density | 118.65 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Language (s) | Slovak , Russian , Hungarian | ||
| Religion (s) | Roman Catholic | ||
| Nationality (s) | Slovaks , Hungarians , Russians , Roma | ||
| Administrative seat / capital | Košice | ||
| Code number / character | 08 | ||
| Telephone code | +421 | ||
| Time zone | UTC +1 | ||
| Code according to ISO 3166-2 | SK-KI | ||
The Košický kraj ( Kosice Regional Association ) is an administrative area in south-eastern Slovakia .
Okresy
The Kraj consists of the following 11 okresy :
geography
The Kraj has an area of 6,755 km² and 801,460 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located in eastern Slovakia . The west of the Kraj is more mountainous, while the east is rather flat to slightly hilly. The eastern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains extends west of Košice with its subdivisions (such as Slovak Karst , Slovak Paradise , Volovské vrchy and Čierna hora ). The Kaschauer Basin extends between the volcanic Slanské vrchy and the Ore Mountains . To the east of Slanské vrchy, the landscape is made up of the East Slovak Lowlands and its subdivisions, the East Slovak Hills and the East Slovak Plains . The volcanic Vihorlat Mountains rise in the northeast and around the village of Slovenské Nové Mesto , in the south there is the Zemplínske vrchy , where a small part of the world-famous Tokaj wine region is located. A larger river of the Kraj is the Hornád . Other rivers are the Slaná in the southwest, Torysa and Olšava in the center, Topľa , Laborec , Usch , Latorica and a very small part of the Tisza in the east. The large Zemplínska šírava , a reservoir, is located near Michalovce . The highest mountain of the Kraj is the Stolica in the Slovak Ore Mountains ( 1476 m nm ), the lowest point of the Kraj, which is also that of Slovakia, is on the Bodrog River near Streda nad Bodrogom ( 94 m nm ) when it left Slovakia .
There are two national parks , one completely and the other mostly in the Kraj: Slovenský kras (Slovak Karst) and Slovenský raj (Slovak Paradise). In addition, two areas are listed as landscape protection areas: Vihorlat and Latorica .
Administratively, the Kraj borders on the Prešovský kraj in the north, the Ukrainian Oblast Transcarpathia in the east, the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén in the southeast and south and Banskobystrický kraj in the west.
Historical administrative units
There were several counties in the Kingdom of Hungary : parts of Gemer and Kleinhont counties in the southwest and Spiš county in the northwest. The Abaúj-Torna County was at the center of the city of Kosice, with a small portion of County Saris there. The counties of Semplin , Ung and a very small part of Szabolcs extended to the east .
Development after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918:
- 1918 / 1919-1922: as above; Slovak parts of Szabolcs and Ung were incorporated into Semplin County, Czechoslovakia
- 1923–1928: Podtatranská župa (Lower Tatras County, in the west), Košická župa (Kosice County) and Užhorodská župa (Uzhhorod County, a tiny part in the east), Czechoslovakia
- 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1940–1945: Pohronská župa (Gran County), Tatranská župa (Tatra County) and Šarišsko-zemplínska župa (Sharosch-Semplin County), First Slovak Republic . The area south of the line (and including) Rožňava-Košice-Michaľany-Veľké Kapušany was part of Hungary from 1938 to 1945 as a result of the First Vienna Arbitration Award; the area around Sobrance was part of Hungary from 1939 to 1945 as a result of the Slovak-Hungarian War .
- 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1949–1960: Košický kraj (Kaschauer Landschaftsverband) and Prešovský kraj (Eperieser Landschaftsverband) - not to be confused with today's Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Východoslovenský kraj (Eastern Slovak Regional Association), Czechoslovakia
- since 1996: today's Košický kraj
population
The population density is 118 / km², slightly more than the Slovak average (111 / km²). The capital city is Košice ( Kassa ), the second largest city in Slovakia. Other important cities are Spišská Nová Ves ( Zipser Neudorf ), Rožňava ( Rosenau ), Michalovce ( Großmichel ) and Trebišov . The regional association consists of 440 municipalities , 17 of which are cities.
According to the 2011 census, exactly 791,723 people lived in Košický kraj. The Slovaks (580,066 inh., 73.3%), followed by the Magyars (74,743 inh., 9.4%), Roma (36,476 inh., 4.6%), Czechs (3,174 inh. , 0.4%), Russians (3,076 inh., 0.4%), Ukrainians (1,634 inh., 0.2%) and Germans (1,179 in., 0.1%). Other ethnic groups together make up 0.3% (2,392 inh.) Of the population, while 88,980 inhabitants (11.4%) gave no information about the ethnic group.
In terms of denominations, the Roman Catholic Church is the most widespread denomination with 406,601 inhabitants (51.4%), followed by the Greek Catholic Church with 75,231 inhabitants (9.5%), which is particularly well represented in Eastern Slovakia . Furthermore, the population committed to the Reformed (Calvinist) Church (43,748 inhabitants, 5.5%), Evangelical Church AB (29,230 inhabitants, 3.7%), and the Orthodox Church (13,217 inhabitants, 1.7%) the JW (5.544 inh, 0.7%.) and apostole Church (2.484 inh, 0.3%.); a total of 5,005 inhabitants (0.6%) professed a different denomination. 89,350 inhabitants (11.3%) were non-denominational and 118,538 inhabitants (15%) no denomination was determined.
Web links
- Košice ( Memento from June 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kopa, Ľudovít et al: The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks . Encyclopedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences ( Memento of June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Bratislava 2006, ISBN 80-224-0925-1 .
- ^ Kováč, Dušan et al .: Kronika Slovenska 2 . Fortuna Print, Bratislava 1999, ISBN 80-88980-08-9 .
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
