Lehnice

Lehnice
Lég
village
Railway station
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
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1239
Government[1][2]
 • Mayor Ferenc Szitási (SDKÚ-DS)
Area
 • Total 25.338 km2 (9.783 sq mi)
Elevation 121 m (397 ft)
Population (2014)[3]
 • Total 2,576
 • Estimate (2008) 2,540
 • Density 100/km2 (300/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
 • Hungarians 68.87%
 • Slovaks 26.86%
Time zone UTC+1 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code 930 37
Area code(s) +421 31
Website www.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

In SlovakIn HungarianYear of attachment
SásaSzász1940
Malý LégKislég1940
Veľký LégNagylég1940
MasníkovoElőpatony1960

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
  2. ↑ Local election 2014 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  3. 1 2 3 "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.
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