| Leštiny | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Žilina |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dolný Kubín |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Leštiny in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.1833°N 40°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1325 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.93[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.68 |
| Elevation M: | 581[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,906 |
| Population Total: | 301[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 43.06[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 16.63 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 027 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 43 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | DK |
| Website: | www.obeclestiny.sk |
Leštiny (Hungarian: Lestin) is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
The village contains an Evangelical wooden church constructed in 1688-89 by local carpenters.[5]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1381. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Leštiny was part of Árva County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 586 metres and covers an area of 6.939 km². It has a population of about 225 people.