The Municipality of Merošina is located in the southeastern part of Serbia. It is 230 km away from Skopje, and 160 km from Sofia. It lays in the western part of the Niš Valley. It boarders with the Municipalities of Niš, Doljevac, Žitorađa, Rokuplje, and Aleksinac. The Municipality has 14,812 residents according to the 2002 census.