Kysak | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Košice |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Košice-okolie |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kysak in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.8583°N 21.2167°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1330 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.92[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.22 |
Elevation M: | 256[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 840 |
Population Total: | 1449[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 133.55[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 51.56 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 044 81 |
Area Code: | +421 55 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | 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.