Košice-Západ (literally: "Košice-West", hu, Kassa-Nyugat) is a

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(city ward) of

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

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. Located in the

Košice II Košice II ( hu, Kassai II. járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. It is bordered by the Košice I, Košice IV Košice IV ( hu, Kassai IV. járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern ...

district, at an altitude of roughly above sea level, it is the most populous borough of the entire city. It borders the borough of

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in the east, Košice-Sever in the north, Sídlisko KVP in the west,

Luník IX Luník IX is a borough (city ward) in the city of Košice, Slovakia, in the Košice II district. It is located in the western-central part of the city, surrounded by the boroughs of Pereš, Myslava, Barca, Juh and Západ. Characteristics Lun ...

in the southwest and Košice-Juh in the southeast. The area of the borough is frequently nicknamed "Terasa".

History

Construction of the

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began in the late 1950s and early 1960s, intended as one of the first major post-war developments in housing estate construction in Košice. The borough officially opened on the 22 February 1962. The working title for the development was ''Nové Mesto'' ("New Town"), reflecting its proximity to the nearby

, but the more popular title adopted for the new borough became ''Terasa'' ("Terrace"). Currently, there are more than 39,000 people living in the borough, the highest population of all 22 boroughs of Košice. The borough's housing estates built in the 1960s were dubbed "Luník", in honour of the Soviet ''

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Roma ...

'' series of lunar probes. All of the Luník housing estates in Košice are located in the Košice-Západ borough (from Luník I to Luník VIII), the only exception being

, which forms its own borough.

Statistics

* Area: * Population: 39,978 (December 2017) * Population density: 7,200/km² (December 2017) * District:

* Mayor: Marcel Vrchota (as of 2018 elections)

Gallery

File:MÚ MČ Košice-Západ.jpg, Municipal office of Košice-Západ File:Magistrát mesta Košice (1).jpg, Košice City Magistrate building (nicknamed "The White House") File:Magistrát mesta Košice - vstupná hala - panoramio.jpg, Interior of Košice City Magistrate building entrance hall File:Pohľad z Magistrátu na triedu SNP - panoramio.jpg, A view of the Trieda SNP (SNP Avenue) from the steps of the magistrate building File:UNLP Košice, Poliklinika (1).JPG, Polyclinic of the Louis Pasteur University Hospital File:Košice, Steel arena, kompletní pohled.jpg, USS Steel Aréna stadium and ice rink in the borough File:Trieda SNP, Tatra KT8D5R.N2.jpg, A tram on the separate tramway track of SNP Avenue File:Kostol - panoramio (5).jpg, Large church in the borough File:Kostol sv. Petra a Pavla - panoramio.jpg, Church of St Peter and St Paul in the borough File:Slovenská sporiteľňa - panoramio.jpg, Slovak Savings bank building at one of the borough's housing estates

References

External links

Official website of the Košice-Západ borough

Article on the Košice-Západ borough at Cassovia.sk

Official website of Košice
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