Legnava is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and municipality

Municipality

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 in the Stará Ľubovňa District

Stará Lubovna District

Stará Ľubovňa District is a district inthe Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was almost entirely part of the Hungarian county of Spiš, apart from a small area in the...

, Prešov Region

Prešov Region

The Prešov Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 13 districts.-Geography:It is located in north-eastern Slovakia and has an area of 8,975 km². The region has diverse types of landscapes occurring in Slovakia, but mostly highlands and hilly lands dominate the...

 in northern Slovakia

Slovakia

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. It has 146 inhabitants.

Village History

The village has been established after 1366, when King Ludovit I gave a wooded territory between villages Starina

Starina

Starina is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 477 metres and covers an area of 9.088 km². It has a population of about 70 people....

, Orlov

Orlov, Stará Lubovna District

Orlov is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 494 metres and covers an area of 20.772.576 m². It has a population of about 763 people....

, Andrejovka and the river Poprad to nobleman Jakub. The village is first mentioned in 1427 and at that time village has been in possession of Brezovica lordship.

Historic Buildings

A chapel built by Tomáš Szirmay (1760) is located 1 km from the village.