Lehnice

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Lehnice
Lég
village
Railway station
Railway station
Lehnice is located in Slovakia
Lehnice
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°03′10″N 17°27′20″E / 48.05278°N 17.45556°E / 48.05278; 17.45556Coordinates: 48°03′10″N 17°27′20″E / 48.05278°N 17.45556°E / 48.05278; 17.45556
Country Slovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictDunajská Streda
First written mention1239
Government
[1][2]
 • MayorFerenc Szitási (SDKÚ-DS)
Area
 • Total25.338 km2 (9.783 sq mi)
Elevation
121 m (397 ft)
Population
 (2014)[3]
 • Total2,576
 • Estimate 
(2008)
2,540
 • Density100/km2 (300/sq mi)
Ethnicity
[3]
 • Hungarians68.87%
 • Slovaks26.86%
Time zoneUTC+1 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code
930 37
Area code(s)+421 31
Websitewww.lehnice.sk/hu

Lehnice (Hungarian: Lég, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈleːɡ], German: Legendorf) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Component villages[]

hideIn Slovak In Hungarian Year of attachment
Sása Szász 1940
Malý Lég Kislég 1940
Veľký Lég Nagylég 1940
Masníkovo Előpatony 1960
Kolónia

Geography[]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 121 metres and covers an area of 25.338 km².

History[]

In the 9th century, the territory of Lehnice became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The name of the municipality was first recorded in 1239 by its Hungarian name as Legu. Until the end of World War I, all the present-day component villages of the municipality were part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the area became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. In 1940, three neighboring villages were unified to form Lég municipality. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947. In 1960, Masníkovo (Előpatony) was also attached to the municipality.

Demography[]

At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 2409 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 2540. As of 2001, 68.87% of its population (1659 residents) were Hungarians while 26.86% (647 residents) were Slovaks. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 87.26% of the total population.[3]

Twinnings[]

The village is twinned with:

References[]

  1. ^ Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2014[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Local election 2014 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.
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