Peer Review Košice Self-Governing Region 2020
Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform - Peer review Košice Self-governing Region 2020 Department of regional development, land –use planning and environment 1 General information about Košice Region Košice Region is situated in the south-east edge of the Slovak Republic. Its area covers 6,754km2, i.e. 14% of the territory of the Slovak Republic. Prešov and Banská Bystrica Regions are in the north and west, Hungary in the south and Ukraine in the east. Košice Region is administratively divided into 11 districts. Four districts (Košice I, II, III, IV) are in the City of Košice, while the other districts are Gelnica, Košice – Surroundings, Michalovce, Rožňava, Sobrance, Spišská Nová Ves and Trebišov. Residential structure of the Košice Region is based on 440 municipalities, out of this number 17 are represented by towns (Gelnica, Košice, Moldava nad Bodvou, Medzev, Michalovce, Strážske, Veľké Kapušany, Rožňava, Dobšiná, Sobrance, Spišská Nová Ves, Krompachy, Spišské Vlachy, Trebišov, Čierna nad Tisou, Sečovce, Kráľovský Chlmec). 54.7% of population of the region live in towns, out of it almost one third in the city of Košice. The regional capital is the city Košice with 238.8 thousand inhabitants (2018), which is the administrative, industrial, business, economic, educational, cultural and historical centre of the East Slovak territory. By its population Košice is the second largest town in Slovakia after the national capital Bratislava. Basic data (year 2018) Indicator Košice Region Slovak Republic Population 800 414 5 450 421 Population
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