Košice III

Košice III (Hungarian: Kassai III. járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. It is bordered by the Košice I, Košice IV and Košice-okolie districts. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abaúj-Torna.^[1]

Košice III District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Košice Region
Seat	Košice
Area
• Total	18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	28,135
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	55

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	46,658	—
1980	19,985	−57.2%
1991	31,764	+58.9%
2001	30,745	−3.2%
2011	30,048	−2.3%
2021	28,135	−6.4%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Boroughs

Košice III District (2020)

Municipality	Area (km2)[4]	Population[5][6]
Dargovských hrdinov	11.07	25,578 ()
Košická Nová Ves	5.75	2,957 ()