Official Name: | Lukovo |
Native Name Lang: | dr |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Toplica District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kuršumlija |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 25.51 |
Population Total: | 275 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 18430 |
Elevation M: | 681 |
Coordinates: | 43.1667°N 24°W |
Lukovo (Serbian: Луково) is a village on the eastern slopes of Mount Kopaonik, in the municipality of Kuršumlija, in southern Serbia. It is a spa town (Lukovska Banja) of highest altitude in Serbia.[2] According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 275 inhabitants.[3]
Lukovo Spa (Lukovska Banja) is situated 681m above sea level, has 37 mineral water springs with temperatures ranging from 35–69,5 °C, warm also during the winters. The water is of hydro carbonate sodium-magnesium-calcium type, making it a good treatment by bathing as a part of medical rehabilitation, for diseases of locomotive apparatus, gynecology diseases and skin diseases. The sub-alpine region has temperate-continental climate, winters are temperately cold, summer temperately warm, autumns are warmer, clearer and drier than spring, the surrounding mountains makes the summer heats bearable with cold winds.
In January 2012, tennis coach Jelena Genčić announced the opening of the tennis center in the spa Lukovo.[4]