Dargovských hrdinov

Dargovských hrdinov (literally: "(Borough) of the Dargov Heroes", Hungarian: Dargói Hősök lakótelep), commonly referred to as Furča after the hill it is built upon, is a borough (city ward) of Košice, Slovakia, located in the Košice III district.

Located largely on the side of a hill named Furča, the vast majority of the Dargovských hrdinov borough consists of housing, built mainly in the form of panel houses. There are little to no industrial structures or activities in the borough, which is one of the largest residential developments built in Slovakia during the Communist era.

Construction of the microdistrict began in the early 1970s, with the first completed part of the borough officially opening on the 29 June 1976. Currently, there are more than 26,000 people living in the borough. The name of the housing estate and borough was chosen in honour of the combat veterans of the WWII Battle of Dargov Pass, fought over a key regional route in the Slanské Hills to the east of Košice during the winter of 1944/1945.

• Area: 11.09 square kilometres (4.28 sq mi)
• Population: 26,169 (31 December 2017)
• Population density: 2,400/km² (31 December 2017)
• District: Košice III
• Mayor: Jozef Andrejčák (as of 2018 elections)

The municipality lies at an altitude of 321 metres (1,053 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 11.07 km² (4.27 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 24,158 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 25,234 people by ethnicity 21,894 as Slovak, 2519 as Not found out, 755 as Hungarian, 489 as Rusyn, 205 as Czech, 171 as Romani, 117 as Other, 90 as Ukrainian, 56 as German, 44 as Russian, 21 as Polish, 13 as Jewish, 8 as English, 7 as Irish, 7 as Vietnamese, 6 as Moravian, 5 as Greek, 5 as Croatian, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Bulgarian, 3 as Chinese, 3 as Italian, 3 as Serbian, 3 as Silesian, 3 as Austrian, 3 as French, 2 as Albanian, 1 as Romanian and 1 as Canadian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 25,234 people by religion 11,196 from Roman Catholic Church, 7136 from None, 2733 from Not found out, 1947 from Greek Catholic Church, 824 from Evangelical Church, 493 from Calvinist Church, 311 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 92 from Ad hoc movements, 80 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 73 from Other, 71 from Apostolic Church, 51 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 46 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 34 from Islam, 29 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 22 from Baptists Church, 20 from Buddhism, 18 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 15 from United Methodist Church, 10 from Jewish community, 9 from Church of the Brethren, 6 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from Hinduism, 5 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 from Bahá'i Community, 2 from New Apostolic Church and 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

• Church of the Holy Family, a Roman Catholic church in the borough
• Church of God's Wisdom, a Greek Catholic Church in the borough
• Local gymnázium school on Exnárova Street

Media related to Dargovských hrdinov at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of the Dargovských hrdinov borough
• Article on the Dargovských hrdinov borough at Cassovia.sk
• Official website of Košice