Lehnice

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Lehnice Lég
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°03′N 17°28′E / 48.05°N 17.46°E / 48.05; 17.46
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Dunajská Streda District
First mentioned	1239
Government
• Mayor	Ferenc Szitási (SDKÚ-DS)
Area [1]
• Total	25.39 km^2 (9.80 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	121 m (397 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	3,198
Ethnicity [4]
• Hungarians	68.87%
• Slovaks	26.86%
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	930 37[2]
Area code	+421 31[2]
Car plate	DS
Website	www.obeclehnice.sk

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

Component villages

In 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 (397 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 25.38 km² (9.80 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

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.

Population

Population statistic (10 years)^[6]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	2246	2432	2576	3323
Difference		+8.28%	+5.92%	+28.99%

Population statistic^[6]

Year	2023	2024
Count	3243	3323
Difference		+2.46%

It has a population of 3323 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[8][9]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	1463	49.34%
Hungarian	1449	48.87%
Not found out	149	5.02%
Romani	47	1.58%
Total	2965

In year 2021 was 2965 people by ethnicity 1463 as Slovak, 1449 as Hungarian, 149 as Not found out, 47 as Romani, 17 as Czech, 10 as Other, 5 as Rusyn, 5 as Russian, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Serbian, 2 as German, 2 as English, 1 as Vietnamese and 1 as Ukrainian.

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.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[10]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	1944	65.56%
None	710	23.95%
Not found out	115	3.88%
Calvinist Church	47	1.59%
Greek Catholic Church	42	1.42%
Evangelical Church	40	1.35%
Total	2965

In year 2021 was 2965 people by religion 1944 from Roman Catholic Church, 710 from None, 115 from Not found out, 47 from Calvinist Church, 42 from Greek Catholic Church, 40 from Evangelical Church, 18 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 10 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 9 from Other, 8 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 6 from Ad hoc movements, 5 from Buddhism, 4 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 2 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Baptists Church and 1 from Apostolic Church.

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:

• Répcelak, Hungary

References

1. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
2. "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
3. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
4. "Bilancia podľa národnosti a pohlavia - SR-oblasť-kraj-okres, m-v [om7002rr]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
5. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
6. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
7. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
8. "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
9. "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
10. "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.