Košice
City
View of Hlavná ulica (Main Street) from St. Elisabeth Cathedral, with the State Theatre Košice building in the center
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  City of tolerance[1]
Košice Location in Slovakia Show map of Slovakia Košice Košice (Košice Region) Show map of Košice Region
Coordinates: 48°43′N 21°15′E / 48.717°N 21.250°E / 48.717; 21.250
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Self-governing Region
First mentioned	1230
Government
• Mayor	Jaroslav Polaček
Area [2]
• Total	243.73 km2 (94.10 sq mi)
Elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Population  (2025)[3]
• Total	222,286
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	040 00
Area code	+421-55
Car plate	KE
Website	https://www.kosice.sk

Košice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa IPA kɒʃɪtsə) is the second biggest city in Slovakia, and the biggest city in eastern Slovakia. 222,286 people (2025) live in the city. Košice was founded in 1230.

In year 2021 was 241,812 people by ethnicity 194,185 as Slovak, 23,062 as Not found out, 7807 as Hungarian, 5419 as Romani, 4108 as Rusyn, 2460 as Czech, 1177 as Other, 1033 as Ukrainian, 519 as German, 402 as Vietnamese, 388 as Russian, 211 as Polish, 200 as Jewish, 93 as Moravian, 88 as English, 85 as Italian, 77 as Bulgarian, 68 as Serbian, 61 as Albanian, 59 as French, 47 as Chinese, 44 as Romanian, 44 as Greek, 35 as Croatian, 33 as Irish, 32 as Austrian, 30 as Canadian, 24 as Turkish, 12 as Silesian, 6 as Iranian and 3 as Korean.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 229,040 people by religion 101,870 from Roman Catholic Church, 64,935 from None, 26,110 from Not found out, 15,186 from Greek Catholic Church, 7510 from Evangelical Church, 4504 from Calvinist Church, 2979 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 780 from Other, 774 from Ad hoc movements, 766 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 764 from Apostolic Church, 534 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 451 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 375 from Buddhism, 252 from Baptists Church, 239 from Jewish community, 226 from Islam, 197 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 167 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 133 from Church of the Brethren, 106 from United Methodist Church, 50 from Hinduism, 47 from Old Catholic Church, 33 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 28 from Bahá'i Community, 19 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 5 from New Apostolic Church.

The town of Košice is divided into 4 districts and 22 city parts:

• Budapest, Hungary
• Bursa, Turkey
• Cottbus, Germany
• Miskolc, Hungary
• Mobile, Alabama, USA
• Niš, Serbia
• Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Raahe, Finland
• Rzeszów, Poland
• Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Uzhhorod, Ukraine
• Verona, Italy
• Wuppertal, Germany

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• Article about Kosice in simple English

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