Kysak | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 48°51′30″N 21°13′00″E / 48.85833°N 21.21667°E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Košice |
District | Košice-okolie |
First mentioned | 1330 |
Area | |
• Total | 10.92[2] km2 (4.22[2] sq mi) |
Elevation | 256[3] m (840[3] ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,449[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 044 81[3] |
Area code | +421 55[3] |
Car plate | KS |
Website | www.kysak.sk |
Kysak (Hungarian: Sároskőszeg) is a village and railway hub in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Historically, the village was first mentioned in 1330. There is a monument as a memory of the soldiers killed in the first and second World Wars.
The village lies at an altitude of 298 metres and covers an area of 10.865 km2.
The municipality has a population of about 1390 people.
Kysak railway station is an important railway junction, where the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway diverges towards Poland from the Košice–Žilina railway, which is part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor.