Leposaviq Municipality

City & municipality guide

Leposaviq

Leposaviq is a northern Kosovo municipality in a hill and valley landscape, useful for regional orientation north of Mitrovica.

Local context

The area is best planned with current local information and realistic expectations about access and services.

Use it as part of a wider route

Use Mitrovica and Ujman/Gazivoda as the clearest mapped regional references. This is best treated as local orientation rather than a promise of a full-service visitor destination.

Plan directly

For individual heritage sites, businesses and outdoor locations, check current access and arrangements before travelling. The mapped City and Place pages provide the most useful starting point for building a sensible route.

History

A brief history of Leposaviq

Leposaviq occupies Kosovo’s northern mountain-and-valley landscape, where the Ibar and its tributaries connect dispersed settlements. The municipal volume records old settlement locations, agricultural ground and routes that linked local communities with surrounding valleys. Written references in medieval and Ottoman records preserve several place names and show that this was a settled, connected landscape rather than an isolated frontier.

Its local history also reflects changing administrative arrangements. Its villages, geography and documentary record form a distinct local setting. Archaeological traces, river routes and written settlement references introduce Leposaviq as a locality shaped by the Ibar valley, upland communities and the changing networks of northern Kosovo.

Source: Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Vol. 8, Leposaviq municipality.

Local reference

Municipality of Leposaviq

Useful local details for planning a visit.

Area
Population: 12.303(date: 31/12/2012)
Altitude
415 – 2017 m
Region / location
North part of Kosova
Surrounding areas
Zvecan, Mitrovica, Besiana, Serbia.
Villages (69)
  • Bara
  • Bellobërda
  • Berberishta
  • Bërzanca
  • Lumbardhi i Shalës
  • Beluqa
  • Borçani
  • Borova
  • Ceraja
  • Cërnotava
  • Cërveni
  • Çirkoviqi
  • Desetaku
  • Dreni
  • Duboka
  • Dubrava
  • Gërkaja
  • Gnjezhnjani
  • Graniçani
  • Guli
  • Gumnishta
  • Iseva
  • Jarinja
  • Jashanica
  • Jekallca
  • Kajkova
  • Kamenica
  • Kërnini i Epërm
  • Kërnini i Poshtëm
  • Kijevçiqi
  • Koporiqi
  • Koshutica
  • Koshutova
  • Krushçica
  • Krusheva
  • Kutina
  • Leshaku
  • Llazhina
  • Llozna
  • Majdeva
  • Mekiniqi
  • Mihaliqi
  • Miokoviqi
  • Moshnica
  • Ostraqi
  • Plakanica
  • Pllaninica
  • Popovci
  • Postenja
  • Potkomla
  • Përroi i Kostës
  • Pridvorica
  • Revatska
  • Rodeli
  • Rumanca
  • Seoci
  • Sllatina
  • Soçanica
  • Trebiqi
  • Trikosi
  • Tvërgjani
  • Ullija
  • Vitanoviqi
  • Vraqeva
  • Vuça
  • Zabërgja
  • Zavrata
  • Zapllanina
  • Zemanica dhe Zërnoseku.
Historic locality map for Leposaviq
Local map of Leposaviq