Geography & Villages

Baljci

The Grebnice-Bunčići stećci necropolis (Radmilovića Dubrava) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016.

Bijela Rudina

Villagers scattered around the world — from the United States to Australia — together built the village's first church, a stone building "with two faces" designed by architect Čedomir Salatić.

Bogdašići

According to tradition the village was named after Ban Bogdan, its former lord; today, together with Trnovica and Vrbica, it forms the small Vrbica group of villages.

Vlahinja

Home to its own necropolis of medieval stećci, part of the region's rich heritage.

Vranjska

Ancestral home of the Vujović brotherhood, to which writer Meša Selimović's family belonged.

Divin

The village elementary school has operated since 1935; today it is a satellite branch of the "Sveti Sava" Elementary School in Bileća, with the nearest churches in neighbouring Kuti and Fatnica.

Kačanj

Birthplace of Vladimir Gaćinović (1890), writer and a leading figure of the Young Bosnia movement.

Korita

Home to a monastery dedicated to St John of Kronstadt, under the Diocese of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and Littoral, with the Korićka jama cave nearby.

Kuti

The village houses cluster around the old Ćumurina Tower, and the surrounding area holds prehistoric burial mounds such as Velika Gomila and Prosuta Gomila.

Mirilovići

The ancestral village of writer and painter Momo Kapor's family.

Orah

Dobrićevo Monastery was relocated here in 1967, ahead of the flooding of the Trebišnjica valley.

Panik

Site of the ancient Roman town of Leusinium, now submerged beneath Bileća Lake.

Plana

Home to the Avdić Mosque (1617, rebuilt 2013); a place to which Emir Kusturica's origin is traditionally linked.

Prijevor

The remains of the old Predojević family church can still be seen in the village, its past and legends still tied to this area.

Trnovica

The village was founded in the mid-18th century by the Uljarević family, who arrived from Trnovo in Montenegro, after which the settlement was named.

Fatnica

One of the region's four karst fields, with archaeological traces from Roman times.

Čepelica

A favourite lakeside beach and the birthplace of geographer Jevto Dedijer; part of the village disappeared under water in 1967.