Čierna nad Tisou

Sister cities

• Ajak
• Záhony
• Chop

History

The town and municipality is one of the newest in the Košice Region established in 1828. In 1968, from 29 July to 1 August, Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Alexander Dubček met in Čierna nad Tisou. This meeting was followed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on 20 August 1968.

Geography

It is close to the tripoint between Hungary, Ukraine and Slovakia.

Most-observed species

• Ragweed

  Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
  414
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  352
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  335
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  301
• Ring-necked Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  281
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  276
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  259
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  255

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2025-10-15
  3 km SSW of Porumbești, Romania
• M 5 — 2023-10-09
  15 km SE of Stropkov, Slovakia
• M 4.3 — 2023-01-03
  1 km NNE of Bilky, Ukraine
• M 3.3 — 2020-04-23
  7 km SSW of Strážske, Slovakia
• M 4.8 — 2006-11-23
  6 km S of Koson’, Ukraine
• M 3.1 — 2006-11-15
  5 km SE of Vary, Ukraine