Lendak

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lendak

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Lendak kaple.JPG

| image_caption = Chapel in Lendak, view on the village

| image_flag = Lendak-kezmarok-flag.svg

| image_shield = Lendak CoA.png

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{SVK}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Prešov Region}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Kežmarok District

| pushpin_map = Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Lendak in the Prešov Region##Location of Lendak in Slovakia

| coordinates = {{coord|49.24|N|20.36|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| leader_party =

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1288

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| area_total_km2 = 19.66

| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| elevation_m = 744

| population_as_of = {{abbr|2021|Population: 2021-12-31. Population density & Total area: 2021-06-30/-07-01. Elevation, Postal code & Area code (last updated): 2015-04-17.}}

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| population_total = 5542

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 590 7

| area_code = +421 52

| blank_name = Car plate

| blank_info = KK

| website = {{URL|https://www.lendak.sk/}}

}}

Lendak ({{langx|hu|Lándok}}, {{langx|de|Landeck}}, Goral: Ľyndak, {{langx|rue|Лендак}}) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is inhabited by Gorals

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 749 metres and covers an area of 19.658 km².

It has a population of about 5400 people.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1288. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lendak was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lendak in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

File:Lendak roubenka.JPG

References

{{Kezmarok District}}

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Category:Villages and municipalities in Kežmarok District

Category:Spiš

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