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Ďurkov is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and municipality
Municipality
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 in Košice-okolie District
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia around the city of Košice, which isn't part of the district. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abov-Turňa, apart from a small area in the north which formed part of the county of Šariš...

 in the Košice Region
Košice Region
The Košice Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 11 districts .-Geography:It is located in the southern part of eastern Slovakia and covers an area of 6,752 km²...

 of eastern Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

.

Geography

The village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 lies at an altitude
Altitude
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 of 261 metres and covers an area of 9.921 km².
It has a population of 1560 people.

Government

The village relies on the Bohdanovce
Bohdanovce
Bohdanovce is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.-External links:*...

 police force and the fire brigade at Bidovce
Bidovce
Bidovce is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of Slovakia.-External links:*...

. The district and tax offices are located at Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

.

Transport

The nearest railway station is located at Ruskov
Ruskov
Ruskov is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 223 metres and covers an area of 20.208 km². The municipality has a population of about 1350 people....

, 5 kilometres away and there is bus from Košice arriving during all day and also there is small airport in Bidovce 4km away.

External links

  • http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
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