Letenye (, sl, Letina) is a town in

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, on the border with Croatia. Across the border is the town of Goričan. Letenye was elevated to town status in 1989.

History

Transport

Letenye is the endpoint of the Hungarian M7 motorway (Hungary), M7 motorway from Budapest. The motorway crosses the Croatian-Hungarian border here and connects with the Croatian A4 (Croatia), A4 motorway at Goričan.

Notable people

* Feró Nagy (1946-) - Hungarian rock singer, musician

Twin town

Letenye is Town twinning, twinned with: * Prelog, Croatia File:Hungary letenye.jpg, Pre-Schengen passport stamp from Letenye crossing into Goričan, Croatia. File:Hungary letenye2.jpg, A later passport stamp for the same border crossing.

External links

* in Hungarian

References

Populated places in Zala County Croatia–Hungary border crossings {{Zala-geo-stub