Grdelica () is a town in southern

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. It is situated in the

Leskovac Leskovac ( sr-Cyrl, Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a p ...

municipality, in the

Jablanica District The Jablanica District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southeastern parts of the country. According to the 2022 census, the district has a population of 184,502 inhabitants. The administrative center of the dis ...

. The total population of the town was 3,194 people as of the 2011 census. For census purposes, Grdelica is divided into two adjacent parts, southern "Grdelica town" (''Grdelica varoš''; population 2,136) and northern "Grdelica village" (''Grdelica selo''; 1,058). Grdelica lies at the

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river, on the mountainous terrain at the entrance of the Grdelica Gorge. It lies at an important transport route, on the main road and railway corridor linking Serbia with Macedonia and Greece. In 2016., the section around Grdelica was the last part of the A1 motorway to be completed to a full dual carriageway profile. It is the largest settlement on the route from

Vranje Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 55,214 while the city administrative area has 74,381 inhabitan ...

, and it was a seat of a municipality until absorbed by the Leskovac municipality in the 1960s. Grdelica has a football stadium (the name of the football team is "FK Jedinstvo"), a basketball court and a swimming pool. "

Desanka Maksimović Desanka Maksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Десанка Максимовић; 16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal ''Misao'' in 1920, while she was studying at t ...

" is the name of the primary school. Woodworks "Danilo Bošković" and "Textile Industry Grdelica (TIG)" are two major factories.

History

It was part of an Iron Age culture, with 8th-century-BC pottery found in the downstream river.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2007/0350-02410757175S.pdf

References

* Populated places in Jablanica District Leskovac Cities and towns in Southern Serbia {{JablanicaRS-geo-stub

History

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