Nová Lesná

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Nová Lesná
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Nová Lesná (Slovakia)
Nová Lesná
Nová Lesná
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Poprad
Region : Tatry
Area : 4.158 km²
Residents : 1,650 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 397 inhabitants per km²
Height : 747  m nm
Postal code : 059 91
Telephone code : 0 52
Geographic location : 49 ° 8 ′  N , 20 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 20 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
License plate : PP
Kód obce : 523763
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Peter Hritz
Address: Obecný úrad Nová Lesná
Jána Stilla 75
05986 Nová Lesná
Website: www.novalesna.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Nová Lesná (German Neuwalddorf , Hungarian Alsóerdőfalva - until 1892 Újleszna ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia . It is located in the Podtatranská kotlina basin at the foot of the High Tatras , about 7 km from Starý Smokovec (as part of the municipality of Vysoké Tatry ) and 8 km from Poprad .

Nová Lesná 1 (2009) .jpg

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1315 as villa Menhardi .

In Nova Lesna there are a large number of pensions and holiday apartments of various quality levels. Because of this, and because of its location on the Tatra Electric Railway , the place is an ideal starting point for a variety of summer and winter activities in the High Tatras.