| Luník IX | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Košice |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Košice II |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Košice Region##Location in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.6958°N 21.2236°W |
| Established Title: | Housing estate |
| Established Date: | 1979 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.07 |
| Elevation M: | 244 |
| Population As Of: | December 2017 |
| Population Total: | 6,411 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 040 11 |
| Area Code: | +421-55 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | KE |
| Footnotes: | Source [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity (2011) |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Roma |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 56.6% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Slovak |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 32.6% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Hungarian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.2% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Unreported |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 9.4% |
| Demographics Type2: | Population by religion (2011) |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Roman Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 63.4% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Assemblies of God |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 10.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Old Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.8% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Greek Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Lutheran |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 1.3% |
| Demographics2 Title6: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info6: | 3.1% |
| Demographics2 Title7: | Non-religious |
| Demographics2 Info7: | 2.2% |
| Demographics2 Title8: | Unreported |
| Demographics2 Info8: | 16.2% |
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.
Health standards are low, and diseases such as hepatitis, head lice, diarrhea, scabies and meningitis are common.[4] Unemployment in the borough reaches almost 100 percent.[4] It has one elementary school and a kindergarten.
Luník IX is serviced by a bus line, which stops only on selected bus stops. Boarding the bus is only allowed through the front door. Due to frequent attacks of aggressive residents, bus drivers deployed on the line receive a hazard pay.[5]
The Romani village close to the borough was demolished in 1979 and the Romani people were moved into Luník IX; in addition, there was a landfill nearby. As early as in the 1980s the Romani comprised half of the population, which was around 2,000. Over time, the non-Romani population gradually moved away, with the Romani taking flats after their departure, and the borough turned into a Romani ghetto.[6]
In 1995, the city council of Košice created a plan for the living conditions of dodgers, the maladjusted, and people from illegally occupied flats around Košice.[7] They were to be moved into Luník IX, with "non-problematic" families being gradually moved out if they requested it. The realization of this plan is on-going.[7]
In September 2021, Pope Francis visited the settlement and delivered an address to the inhabitants during his first papal trip to Slovakia.[8] [9]