| Lesnica | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Party: | SME, KDH, Smer-SD, SNS |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ján Gondek |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Stará Ľubovňa |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lesnica in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.4°N 20.4667°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1297 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.6 |
| Elevation M: | 485 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 488 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Lesnica (Hungarian: Erdős, until 1899: Hungarian: Lesnicz, German: Leschnitz) is a large village and municipality in the Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1297.[4] [5] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lesnica was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 25 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lesnica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 485 metres.