Košice-Barca

Barca (Hungarian: Bárca) is a borough (city ward) of Košice, Slovakia. Located in the Košice IV district, it lies at an altitude of roughly 210 metres (690 ft) above sea level, and is home to over 3,600 people. The borough is generally rural in nature.

It was originally a village in its own right, the first written record about Barca dating back to 1215.

In the latter half of the 20th century, Barca lost village municipality status and was annexed to Košice as one of its boroughs.

One of the principal features within contemporary Barca's catastral territory is Košice International Airport, which is the second largest in Slovakia.

Some of the historical names of Barca.

• 1215 - villa Barca (Latin)
• 1230 - Barca
• 1269 - Barcha
• 1291 - Barchakuzep
• 1297 - villa Barcha
• 1299 - Barcha
• 1570 - Bárczá (Hungarian)
• 1773 - Barca (Slovak)

In the medieval period, the village included a small castle of local noblemen, later demolished and replaced by a manor house of the Bárczay noble family. The manor house stands to this day and has undergone restoration works during the 2010s.

Barca has several more former manor houses, specifically the manor house of the Zichy family and the Berzeviczi family manor house.

The main churches of the borough are the Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Paul and the local Reformed church.

• Area: 18.13 square kilometres (7.00 sq mi)
• Population: 3,626 (31 December 2017)
• Density of population: 200/km² (31 December 2017)
• District: Košice IV
• Mayor: František Krištof (as of 2018 elections)

The municipality lies at an altitude of 207 metres (679 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 18.15 km² (7.01 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 3656 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 3692 people by ethnicity 3458 as Slovak, 149 as Not found out, 71 as Hungarian, 50 as Rusyn, 38 as Czech, 38 as Vietnamese, 13 as Other, 7 as German, 5 as Jewish, 4 as Russian, 3 as Ukrainian, 3 as Polish, 3 as Canadian, 2 as Romani, 2 as Greek, 2 as Albanian, 1 as French and 1 as English.

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 3692 people by religion 2301 from Roman Catholic Church, 796 from None, 165 from Greek Catholic Church, 150 from Not found out, 116 from Evangelical Church, 60 from Calvinist Church, 23 from Buddhism, 16 from Other, 13 from Ad hoc movements, 12 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 12 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 10 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 6 from Apostolic Church, 3 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from Jewish community, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Islam, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church.

• Signs of the municipal office in Košice-Barca
• Bárczay family manor house in the Barca borough (built on the site of a former castle)
• Zichy family manor house
• Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Paul in the Barca borough
• Reformed church in the Barca borough
• Statue of Pope John Paul II in Barca, unveiled in 2006
• Berzeviczi manor house on Abovská Street

• Official website of the Košice-Barca borough
• Article on the Košice-Barca borough at Cassovia.sk (in Slovak only)
• Official website of the town of Košice
• Barca's manor house (on the site of a former castle)

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