Sídlisko Sídlisko is a term used in Slovak () which mainly means housing estate. Other terms associated with this term are housing project, housing estate, settlement, or neighbourhood. In these housing projects, apartment buildings are built in the most ...

Ťahanovce ( ronunciation: 'seedlisko 'tyahano-utse literally: "Ťahanovce Housing Estate", hu, Tihany-lakótelep) is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

(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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. Construction of the

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began in May 1985. Today there are more than 20,000 people living in Sídlisko Ťahanovce (1/10 of all Košice's inhabitants). It is the youngest housing estate in Košice, assigned especially for young families. Sídlisko Ťahanovce is closely connected with the neighbouring, historically older borough of

Ťahanovce Ťahanovce ( hu, Hernádtihany, ) is a borough (city ward) of the city of Košice, Slovakia. The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. It was an independent village until 1969 when it was connected with Košice. Ťahanovce ...

, which was an independent village until 1969. The first written record about Ťahanovce dates back to 1263. Today it is home to approximately 2,000 (prevailingly elder) people, while the Sídlisko Ťahanovce borough has ten times the population, mainly thanks to its large housing estate.

Statistics

* Area: * Population: 22,640 (December 2017) * Population density: 2,700/km² (December 2017) * District:

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

* Mayor: Mgr. Ing. Miloš Ihnát (as of 2018 elections)

Gallery

File:Sidlisko tahanovce 05.jpg, Apartment blocks from a distance File:Sťah002.jpg, Apartment blocks at Sídlisko Ťahanovce File:Fontána SŤ.jpg, A fountain at Sídlisko Ťahanovce File:Sťah001.jpg, Elementary school at Bruselská Street is the biggest one in the whole Slovakia File:Ťahanovce - panoráma - panoramio (1).jpg, Overall panorama of Ťahanovce and Sídlisko Ťahanovce

References

External links

Official website of the Sídlisko Ťahanovce borough
- Current website.
Official website of the Sídlisko Ťahanovce borough
- Former website (archived).
Article on the Sídlisko Ťahanovce borough at Cassovia.sk

Official website of Košice
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