Municipalities of Montenegro

Municipalities
Opštine / Oпштине
Category Unitary state
Location  Montenegro
Number 23 municipalities
Populations 2,070 (Šavnik) - 185,937 (Podgorica)
Areas 46 Km² (Tivat) - 2,065 Km² (Nikšić)
Government Local governments

The municipalities (Montenegrin: општине /opštine) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 23 municipalities (општина / opština) including the Old Royal Capital Cetinje and the Podgorica Capital City. Podgorica is divided into two subdivisions called city municipalities (градска општина / gradska opština), forming the basic level of local government.

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The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro is a national association of local authorities of Montenegro.[5]

List

# Coat of arms/
emblem		 Municipality Area Population Density Ethnic Majority (2011) Predominant language Predominant religion
Km²Rank TotalRank Pop/km²
1
Andrijevica283175,0711918Serbian (61.86%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
2
Bar598842,048470Montenegrin (46.50%)MontenegrinEastern Orthodox
3
Berane5441028,305752Serbian (42.96%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
4
Bijelo Polje924446,051350Serbian (35.96%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
5
Budva1222219,21811157Montenegrin (48.19%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
6
Cetinje899516,6571319Montenegrin (90.54%)MontenegrinEastern Orthodox
7
Danilovgrad5011118,4721237Montenegrin (64.19%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
8
Gusinje157214,0272026Bosniak (42.64%)BosnianIslam
9
Herceg Novi2351930,8645131Serbian (48.89%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
10
Kolašin89768,380179Montenegrin (57.42%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
11
Kotor3351522,601967Montenegrin (48.88%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
12
Mojkovac367148,6221623Montenegrin (59.12%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
13
Nikšić2,065172,443235Montenegrin (63.70%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
14
Petnjica173206,6861834Bosniak (77.53%)BosnianIslam
15
Plav328169,0811528Bosniak (51.90%)BosnianIslam
16
Plužine85473,246224Serbian (65.65%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
17
Pljevlja1,346330,786623Serbian (57.07%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
18
Podgorica1,3992185,9371133Montenegrin (57.35%)MontenegrinEastern Orthodox
19
Rožaje4321322,964853Bosniak (83.91%)BosnianIslam
20
Šavnik55392,070234Montenegrin (53.82%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
21
Tivat462314,03114305Montenegrin (33.25%)SerbianEastern Orthodox
22
Ulcinj2551819,9211078Albanian (70.66%)AlbanianIslam
23
Žabljak445123,569218Montenegrin (50.43%)SerbianEastern Orthodox

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Petnjica i zvanično ponovo opština. 28.5.2013
  2. ↑ Crna Gora: Petnjica dobila status opštine 28. 05. 2013.
  3. ↑ "Zakon o izmjeni i dopuni Zakona o teritorijalnoj organizaciji Crne Gore" [Amendment to the Territorial Organization of Montenegro Law], Službeni List Crne Gore, 2013 (27), 11 June 2013, archived from the original on 2015-09-04, retrieved 30 June 2014
  4. ↑ "Zakon o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o teritorijalnoj organizaciji Crne Gore" [Amendments to the Territorial Organization of Montenegro Law], Službeni List Crne Gore, 2014 (12), 7 March 2014, archived from the original on 2014-09-26, retrieved 21 June 2014
  5. ↑ Union of Municipalities of Montenegro
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