| Stakčín | |
| 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 Stakčín in the Prešov Region##Location of Stakčín in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.0028°N 22.2417°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1567 |
| Area Total Km2: | 167.74[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 64.76 |
| Elevation M: | 252[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 827 |
| Population Total: | 2374[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 14.21[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 5.49 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 067 61 |
| Area Code: | +421 57 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | SV |
Stakčín (Hungarian: Takcsány, Стащін) is a larger village and a municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
The municipality lies in the Cirocha river valley, at an altitude of 257 metres and with a total area of 167.742 km2. According to the 2013 census it had a population of 2452 inhabitants. It lies between the Vihorlat and Bukovské vrchy mountains. The municipality is the seat of the Poloniny National Park governing body.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1492 as Staccyn. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Stakčín was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. The area was a battleground in the Slovak-Hungarian War of 1939, as a result of which it again became part of Hungary. On 24 November 1944, the Red Army entered Stakčín and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
