title: Letničie
text: # Letničie
  
  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.
  
  ## History
  
  In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1532.
  
  ## Monuments
  
  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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  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.
  
  