Letničie

Letničie
Village
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Coordinates: 48°42′45″N 17°10′41″E / 48.71250°N 17.17806°E / 48.71250; 17.17806
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Skalica
First mentioned	1532
Government
• Mayor	Marián Dvorský
Area
• Total	6.69[2] km2 (2.58[2] sq mi)
Elevation	213[3] m (699[3] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	508[1]
Postal code	908 44[3]
Area code	+421 34[3]
Car plate	SI
Website	www.letnicie.sk

Letničie (Hungarian: Letenőc) is a village and municipality in Skalica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.

Mayor Marián Dvorský was elected in 2010. Deputy mayor is Mgr Katarína Smolinská.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1532.

There is the Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist since 1822, and a Pieta built to honor a soldier killed in the First World War. Near the church there is a memorial of heroes killed in the Slovak National Uprising. At the municipal office building is a memorial plaque of Anton Vaculka who died in the village of Haj.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 210 metres and covers an area of 6.701 km². It has a population of about 527 people.

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