Nová Sedlica ( hu, Újszék; rue, Новоселіця, ''Novosedlitsia''; uk, Нова Седлиця, ''Nova sedlytsia'') is the easternmost village and municipality in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

(the easternmost point is the Mt. Kremenec, the tripoint Slovakia-Ukraine-Poland is located at its summit), in

Snina District Snina District (''okres Snina'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín. Municipalities * Belá nad Cirochou * Brezovec *Čukalovce * Dlhé n ...

in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 o ...

. The village, situated in the buffer zone of the

Poloniny National Park Poloniny National Park ( sk, Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1 ...

, offers easy access to most of the National Park's hiking trails.

Stužica Stužica is a uniquely preserved and undisturbed primeval beech forest of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in Slovakia and borders with Poland and Ukraine. The forest has been protected since 1908 and in 1993 the area was upgraded to a ...

, a component of the

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational serial nature UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompassing 94 component parts (forests of European beech, ''Fagus sylvatica'') in 18 European countr ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site is also close to the village. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1630. The municipality lies at an altitude of 421 metres and covers an area of 32.806 km². According to the 2013 census it had 293 inhabitants. The closest town is

Snina Snina ( hu, Szinna, rue, Снина) is a town in Slovakia located at the confluence of the Cirocha river and the small river Pčolinka in the valley between the Bukovec Mountains foothills and the Vihorlat Mountains. It is the closest town wit ...

, 43 km away.

References

External links

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Poloniny National Park
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Poloniny official website
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State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic website
Villages and municipalities in Snina District {{Prešov-geo-stub