
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 directory
Settlements in Leposaviq
53 settlements
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- Bello Brdë
- Belluqë
- Bistricë e Shalës
- Borçan
- Ceraja
- Crnotavë
- Crven
- Desetak
- Dobravë
- Dren
- Drenovë
- Gnezhdan
- Graniçan
- Guvnishtë
- Isevë e Ulët
- Kalinë
- Kërnin i Epërm
- Kërnin i Ulët
- Kijevçiq
- Koporiq
- Koshuticë
- Koshutovë
- Kostin Potok
- Kutnje
- Leposaviq
- Leshak
- Llazhinë
- Lumbardhi (Bistrica e Shalës)
- Mekiniqe
- Mihaliq
- Miokovoq
- Ostraq
- Pllakanicë
- Popoc
- Postenjë e Ibrit
- Potomilë
- Pridvorica
- Qirkoviq
- Rikovë
- Rodel
- Seoc
- Simiçishtë
- Sllatina
- Soçanica
- Trebiq
- Trikosë
- Tvrgjan
- Ulinje
- Vitanoviq
- Vraqevë
- Vuça
- Zabërxhjë
- Zërnosek
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.
