Kysak

Kysak
Sároskőszeg
Kysak Sároskőszeg
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 48°52′N 21°13′E / 48.86°N 21.22°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Košice-okolie District
First mentioned	1330
Area
• Total	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,432
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	448 1
Area code	+421 55
Car plate	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.

History

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.

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