Lendak

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.

It has a population of 5689 people (31 December 2025).^[6]

In year 2021 was 5409 people by ethnicity 5373 as Slovak, 588 as Not found out, 21 as Other, 14 as Polish, 11 as Czech, 3 as German, 2 as Ukrainian, 2 as Rusyn, 1 as Russian and 1 as Hungarian.

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 they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 5409 people by religion 5255 from Roman Catholic Church, 68 from None, 26 from Not found out, 18 from Greek Catholic Church, 15 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 9 from Calvinist Church, 4 from Evangelical Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 from Islam, 1 from Other and 1 from Apostolic Church.