Pinkovce ( hu, Ungpinkóc) is a small village and municipality in the

Sobrance District Sobrance District ( sk, okres Sobrance) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is the easternmost district of the Košice Region. Sobrance district borders Michalovce District, Prešov Region and Ukraine. It lies mainly on a lo ...

in the

Košice Region The Košice Region ( sk, Košický kraj, , hu, Kassai kerület; uk, Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It c ...

of east

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1343.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 109 metres and covers an area of 3.135 km². It has a population of about 190 people. Pinkovce sits on the west bank of the

Uzh River The Uzh ( uk, Уж; translit. ''Uzh''; sk, Uh; hu, Ung, pl, Uż) is a river in Ukraine and Slovakia. Its name comes from the ancient west Slavic dialect word ''už'', meaning "Snake", (lat. "Serpentes"). The Uzh is a tributary of the Labor ...

at the point where the river forms the international boundary between Slovakia and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Culture

The village has a public library.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/pinkovce/pinkovce.html Villages and municipalities in Sobrance District Slovakia–Ukraine border crossings {{Košice-geo-stub