Lešť (Hungarian: Lest) is a municipality and a former village in the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Zvolen District in the Banska region

Currently, it is the location of the Lešť military training centre.[1]

6: Banská Bystrica Region

History

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Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lešť was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

References

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48°21′00″N 19°19′00″E / 48.35000°N 19.31667°E / 48.35000; 19.31667