Lemešany (, rue, Лемешані) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

and

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Prešov District Prešov District (''okres Prešov'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It ...

in the Prešov Region of eastern

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1289.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 231 metres and covers an

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of (2020-06-30/-07-01).

Population

It has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of about 1,958 people (2020-12-31).

References

External links

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Lemešany, Jewish community.
Villages and municipalities in Prešov District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub