Nad jazerom

Nad jazerom
Košice – mestská časť Nad jazerom
Košice-Nad jazerom
Borough
The lake and a housing estate at Nad jazerom
The lake and a housing estate at Nad jazerom
Flag of Nad jazerom
Flag
Coat of arms of Nad jazerom
Coat of arms
Location within Košice
Location within Košice
CountrySlovakia
RegionKošice
DistrictKošice IV
Locality1275 (first known record)
Borough1969
Area
 • Total
3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Elevation
192 m (630 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2017)
 • Total
24,803
 • Density6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Postal code
040 12
Area code+421-55
Car plateKE
Websitewww.jazerokosice.sk
Source [1]

Nad jazerom, officially Košice – mestská časť Nad jazerom,[2] shortened to Košice-Nad jazerom (literally: "Košice – borough Above the Lake", Hungarian: Tóvárosi lakótelep) is a borough (city ward) of Košice, Slovakia. The borough is situated in the Košice IV district and lies to the southeast and south of the neighbouring boroughs of Košice-Juh and Vyšné Opátske, at an altitude of roughly 192 metres (630 ft) above sea level. The name of the borough is derived from a water reservoir called Jazero, which was originally excavated for the extraction of gravel.

History

The locality that became the borough of Nad jazerom first appeared in written records in 1275.

Nad jazerom began as a borough of Košice in the late 1960s, particularly with the development of the local housing estates.

Statistics

  • Area: 3.66 square kilometres (1.41 sq mi)
  • Population: 24,803 (31 December 2017)
  • Density of population: 6,800/km2 (31 December 2017)
  • District: Košice IV
  • Mayor: Lenka Kovačevičová (as of 2018 elections)
  • The lake at Nad jazerom
    The lake at Nad jazerom
  • The lake at Nad jazerom
    The lake at Nad jazerom
  • Housing estates at Nad jazerom
    Housing estates at Nad jazerom
  • A local shopping centre in Nad jazerom
    A local shopping centre in Nad jazerom

References

  1. ^ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR (urgently needs an updated statistics link for 2018) Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Annex to the Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 258/1996 Coll. which issues the list of municipalities and military districts forming individual districts, as amended". Slov-Lex : legislative and information portal. Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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