Kursumlija

in Kursumlija

Kuršumlija is a town settlement in the municipality of Kuršumlija in the Toplicka district. The municipality of Kuršumlija is located in the south of Serbia, close to the administrative line with Kosmet, with a size of 952 square kilometers. Its territory is located in the central and upper reaches of the Toplica river, in the basins of its tributaries Kosanica and Banjska. The administrative and cultural center of the municipality is the city of Kuršumlija, one of the few cities in Europe that stretches on three rivers, Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska reka. In Roman times, Kursumlija was called Ad Fines, which means "at the end" because it was on the border of two provinces, Dalmatia and Upper Moesia. At that time, it was one of the important stations on the famous Roman road Niš-Lješ. According to the latest census from 2022, the municipality of Kuršumlija has 15,905 inhabitants, while the settlement of Kuršumlija has 13,300 inhabitants.