| Nová Sedlica | |||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Municipality | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Region | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Prešov | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Snina | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Nová Sedlica in the Prešov Region##Location of Nová Sedlica in Slovakia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 49.0833°N 56°W | ||||||||||
| Established Title: | First mentioned | ||||||||||
| Established Date: | 1630 | ||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 32.80[1] | ||||||||||
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.66 | ||||||||||
| Elevation M: | 389[2] | ||||||||||
| Elevation Ft: | 1,276 | ||||||||||
| Population Total: | 244[3] | ||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | 7.54[4] | ||||||||||
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2.91 | ||||||||||
| Timezone1: | CET | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +1 | ||||||||||
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 | ||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 067 68 | ||||||||||
| Area Code: | +421 57 | ||||||||||
| Blank Name: | Car plate | ||||||||||
| Blank Info: | SV | ||||||||||
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Nová Sedlica (Hungarian: Újszék; Новоселіця, Novosedlitsia; Ukrainian: Нова Седлиця, Nova sedlytsia) is the easternmost village and municipality in Slovakia (the easternmost point is the Mt. Kremenec, the tripoint Slovakia-Ukraine-Poland is located at its summit), in Snina District in the Prešov Region.
The village, situated in the buffer zone of the Poloniny National Park, offers easy access to most of the National Park's hiking trails. Stužica, a component of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians UNESCO World Heritage Site is also close to the village.
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, 43 km away.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1630. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Nová Sedlica was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. From 1939 to 1944, as a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary. On 16 October 1944, the Red Army entered Nová Sedlica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.