Official Name: | Leskova |
Native Name: | Лескова |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Raška District |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tutin |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.41 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 292 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 43.05°N 30°W |
Elevation M: | 1231 |
Postal Code: | 36323 |
Leskova (Serbian: Лескова) is a village located in the municipality of Tutin, southwestern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 193 inhabitants.
Leskova like other villages of Tutin was founded by Albanian fis who moved there from what is today Albania. The elders of the village recount that a blood feud caused their settlement near Tutin. Leskova is the main village of the Upper Pešter plateau.[2]
The first windmill generator opened in Serbia is located near Leskova; it was opened in 2011 and has an installed capacity of 600 KW.[3]
Leskova is also a place of a large company for soil production, by the name of Treset, whose soil is delivered from Braćak, the village north of Leskova. It has, as of 2023, around 10 workers and is actively exporting the soil to larger corporations in other Serbian cities.
Leskova consists of two parts, north, usually considered the part of which the business revolves around farming and keeping animals for profit. And the south part which is considered a downtown in all of the Pešter plateu. It has grocery stores (Novi Dom and Bereket) and numerous cafés and restaurants.
In southern Leskova there is a main or elementary school “Dr. Ibrahim Bakić” and is the only elementary school in the area.