- Country
- Slovakia(since 1993)
- , Kingdom of Hungary(until 1526)
- , Habsburg monarchy(1526–1682)
- +8 more
- Located in
- Košice Region(since 1996)
- , Abaúj-Torna County(1882–1918)
- , Abaúj county(1350–1881)
- +1 more
- Population
- 222,286(December 31, 2025)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Population of Slovakia by gender – SR-area-region-district, cities-rural (annually) [om7102rr]Retrieved 2026-04-01
- , 223,678(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Population of Slovakia by gender – SR-area-region-district, cities-rural (annually) [om7102rr]Retrieved 2025-04-24
- , 229,040(January 1, 2021)
2
Sources- 1.Stated in The 2021 Population and Housing Census
- 2.“Počet obyvateľov Košíc za desať rokov klesol o päť percent”teraz.sk/regiony/pocet-obyvatelov-kosic-za-desat-ro/606167-clanok.htmlRetrieved 2022-11-19
- +2 more
- 222,286(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 243.734 km²(2025)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Population density of Slovakia – SR-area-region-district, cities-rural [om7015rr] : Area (square meter)Retrieved 2026-04-01
- , 242.33 km²
- , 243.7342 km²(2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Population density of Slovakia – SR-area-region-district, cities-rural [om7015rr] : Area (square meter)Retrieved 2025-04-24
- 243.734 km²(2025)
- Elevation
- 214 m
- Head of government
- Jaroslav Polaček(since 2018)
- , Richard Raši(2010–2018)
- , František Knapík(2006–2010)
- +4 more
- Founded
- 1230
1
- 1230
- Postal code
- 040 00
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
186 statements · 19% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
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- Ostrava
- Raahe
- Rzeszów
- Saint Petersburg(1995–2022)
- Uzhhorod
- Verona(since 1992)
- Vysoké Tatry
- Wuppertal(since 1980)
- Mobile
- Buenos Aires
- Lyon
- Aksaray
- Cottbus
- Paphos
- Kryvyi Rih(since 2017)
- Capital of
- Košice Region
- Košice-okolie District
- Q1105194(until 1920)
- Kassa electoral district(until 1918)
1
- Military District of Kaschau(1850–1860)
- Abaúj-Torna County(until 1920)
- Official name
- Košice(since 1945)
- Kassa(1938–1944)
- Košice(1918–1938)
- Kassa(1867–1918)
- Kaschau(1804–1867)
- Kassa(until 1804)
- Awards
- European Capital of Culture(2013)
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Europa“Marseille and Košice: European Capitals of Culture in 2013”europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1_en.htmRetrieved 2017-01-01
- 2.Stated in Europa“Marseille a Košice: európske hlavné mestá kultúry 2013”europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1_sk.htmRetrieved 2017-01-01
- European Capital of Culture(2013)
- Native label
- Košice ipa transcription: ˈkɔʂitse · pronunciation audio: Sk-Košice.wav
- Phone number
- +421-55
- Annual number of weddings
- 934(2020)
- Demonym
- Košičan applies to part: masculine singular
- Košičanka applies to part: feminine singular
- kassai
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 685,535(December 7, 2025) youtube channel id: UCtc8oWM1AwZqcpIca5qSAjA · youtube handle: kosiceofficial
1
- 685,535(December 7, 2025) youtube channel id: UCtc8oWM1AwZqcpIca5qSAjA · youtube handle: kosiceofficial
On other databases
74 identifiers linking Košice across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID7487
- BBC Things ID66520909-da7a-454a-908f-9f5658776b31
- BHCL UUID2d645246-d8bd-4249-b9cc-088227d0179a
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID15380147z
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Slovakia/Localities/Kosice/
- De Agostini IDKošice+(città)
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID61055e03-a098-4abe-a5ae-22bf178d31eb
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale IDkosice
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Kosice
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDkosice
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)aZ0Lj
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)381531
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID1726
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ7943
- Facebook location ID110032539025972
- Facebook usernamekosiceofficial
- FactGrid item IDQ173681
- FAST ID1211032
- Freebase ID/m/01t4hj
- GeoNames ID724443
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7011529
- GitHub topickosice
- GND ID1028389-4
- GNS Unique Feature ID-843247
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDkosice
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0035923
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDKošice
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDkoshitse-c8ffcc
- Grove Art Online IDT047713
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID33423
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ25409
- Instagram usernamekosice_official
- J9U entity ID987007564196305171
- Klexikon article IDKošice
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID2733
- LAUSK599981
- Lex IDKošice
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80158520
- Mapcarta IDKošice
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=1015718765
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/2116
- Museum-digital place ID37572
- MusicBrainz area IDf37f3392-51d6-489e-9962-9babbe5e80c7
- NE.se IDkosice
- NL CR AUT IDge129662
- NSK (VIAF) ID000683240
- NSK ID981005659794809366
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3926378
- OpenStreetMap node ID530544488
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1690324
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDmestokosice-c44728
- Provenio UUID65dc444d-6f0b-40bc-a377-ed9f83cbfde0
- Quora topic IDKosice-Slovakia
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)košice
- RKD thesaurus ID40184
- SBN place IDLIAL001665
- SK cinema authority ID0007086
- SNARC IDQ8095
- SNK ID90989
- SPAP IDp/bbf428f2-3193-4a2e-a8d7-faecf3524c8e
- SubredditKosice
- SVKKL authority IDg0001849-Kosice-Slovensko
- Treccani IDkosice
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDkosice
- UN/LOCODESKKSC
- Urban Electric Transit city ID209
- VIAF cluster ID267768020
- Who's on First ID101752055
- WikiKids IDKošice_(Slowakije)
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJf4d8Krj7MKTbWbMy4THC
- Yale LUX IDplace/42231be6-34e8-4aca-b80f-98c6e98ca621
- YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe IDKosice
- YouTube channel IDUCtc8oWM1AwZqcpIca5qSAjA
- YouTube handlekosiceofficial
