List of municipalities in Montenegro

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Overview map of the Montenegrin municipalities

The list of municipalities in Montenegro provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger towns and of all municipalities in Montenegro .

Municipalities by population

Population density by municipalities (2011)
Ethnic distribution (2011)

Montenegro is divided into 24 (large) municipalities ( opštine , Sg. Opština ). In addition to the eponymous place of the municipality, these also include its surroundings with other localities.

In 2013, a new Petnjica municipality was spun off from Berane municipality .
In 2014 Gusinje became an independent municipality. Most recently, in 2018, Tuzi became an independent municipality, separated from the municipality of Podgorica .

The following lists the 21 old municipalities with the results of the population censuses (VZ) of March 31, 1981, March 31, 1991, November 1, 2003 and April 2011. The area and population density of the communities are also given.

Montenegro's old 21 municipalities (as of 2012)
rank Surname Area
in km² 		VZ 1981 VZ 1991 VZ 2003 VZ 2011 Density
Ew. / km² 		Ethnic
majority
1. Podgorica 1441 132,290 146.121 169.132 185.937 129.0 57.4%
Montenegrins
2. Nikšić 2065 72,299 73.983 75,282 72,443 35.1 63.7%
Montenegrins
3. Bijelo Polje 924 55,634 54,590 50.284 46.051 49.8 36.0% Serbs
4th bar 598 32,535 34,463 40,037 42,048 70.3 46.5% Montenegrins
5. Berane 717 42,285 37,759 35,068 33,970 47.3 43.0% Serbs
6th Herceg Novi 235 23,258 27,073 33,034 30,864 131.3 48.9% Serbs
7th Pljevlja 1346 43,316 39,405 35,806 30,786 22.9 57.1%
Serbs
8th. Rožaje 432 20,227 22,474 22,693 22,964 53.2 83.9%
Bosniaks
9. Kotor 335 20,455 22,137 22,947 22.601 67.5 48.9% Montenegrins
10. Ulcinj 255 21,576 19,861 20,290 19,921 78.1 70.7%
Albanians
11. Budva 122 8,632 11,547 15,909 19,218 157.5 48.1% Montenegrins
12. Danilovgrad 501 14,769 14,585 16,523 18,472 36.9 64.1%
Montenegrins
13. Cetinje 910 20,213 20.171 18,482 16,657 18.3 90.5%
Montenegrins
14th Tivat 46 9,315 11,186 13,630 14,031 305.0 33.3% Montenegrins
15th Plav 486 19,560 15,998 13,805 13,108 27.0 51.9%
Bosniaks
16. Mojkovac 367 10,753 10,743 10,066 8,622 23.5 59.1%
Montenegrins
17th Kolašin 897 12,656 11,046 9,949 8,380 9.3 57.4%
Montenegrins
18th Andrijevica 283 7,487 6,561 5,785 5,071 17.9 61.9%
Serbs
19th Žabljak 445 5,227 4,900 4,204 3,569 8.0 50.4%
Montenegrins
20th Plužine 854 6.254 5,221 4,272 3,246 3.8 65.7%
Serbs
21st Šavnik 553 5,569 3,680 2,947 2,070 3.7 53.8%
Montenegrins
Montenegro 13,812 584.310 593.504 620.145 620.029 44.9 45.0% Montenegrins

Places by population

The following table contains all places with more than 2000 inhabitants, their names in German transcription and in Cyrillic as well as the results of the population censuses (VZ) of March 31, 1981, March 31, 1991 and November 1, 2003 as well as a calculation for the 1st January 2008. The parish to which the place belongs is also listed. The population figures refer to the respective settlement in the narrower sense, not to the city or municipality in the political sense.

(VZ = census, B = calculation)

rank transcription Cyrillic VZ 1981 VZ 1991 VZ 2003 B 2008 local community
1. Podgorica Подгорица 96,074 116,235 136,473 143,718 Podgorica
2. Nikšić Никшић 50,399 55,718 58,212 58,649 Nikšić
3. Pljevlja Пљевља 16,792 20,887 21,377 21,379 Pljevlja
4th Bijelo Polje Бијело Поље 11,927 16,464 15,883 15,447 Bijelo Polje
5. bar Бар 6,742 10,848 13,719 14,871 bar
6th Cetinje Цетиње 14,088 15,843 15,137 14,668 Cetinje
7th Herceg Novi Херцег Нови 9.130 11,217 12,739 13,260 Herceg Novi
8th. Budva Будва 4,684 7,086 10,918 12,702 Budva
9. Berane Беране 12,720 11,957 11,776 11,547 Berane
10. Ulcinj Улцињ 9,140 10,025 10,828 11,019 Ulcinj
11. Tivat Тиват 6,280 8,079 9,467 9,956 Tivat
12. Rožaje Рожаје 7,336 8,828 9.121 9.131 Rožaje
13. Dobrota Доброта 5,435 7,203 8,169 8,473 Kotor
14th Danilovgrad Даниловград 3,664 4,388 5,208 5,512 Danilovgrad
15th Tuzi Тузи 2,720 2,477 3,789 4,423 Tuzi
16. Bijela Бијелa 2,392 3,029 3,748 4,042 Herceg Novi
17th Mojkovac Мојковац 5,156 4,391 4.120 3,969 Mojkovac
18th Škaljari Шкаљари ... 4,168 4,002 3,897 Kotor
19th Igalo Игaлo 3,556 3,613 3,754 3,782 Herceg Novi
20th Plav Плав 3,348 4,073 3,615 3,401 Plav
21st Burtaiši Бypтaиши 2,660 2,750 3,013 3,097 bar
22nd Ibarac Ибарац ... 2,445 2,877 3,026 Rožaje
23. Kolašin Колашин 2,439 2,807 2,989 3,011 Kolašin
24. Golubovci Голубовци ... 2,754 2,869 2,890 Podgorica
25th Šušanj Шушањ ... 1,266 2.212 2,715 bar
26th Resnik Ресник ... 2,726 2,739 2,704 Bijelo Polje
27. Nedakusi Недакуси ... 2,351 2,308 2,259 Bijelo Polje
28. Sutomore Сутоморе ... 1,085 1,827 2.213 bar
29 Risan Рисан ... 2,009 2,083 2,090 Kotor
30th Ozrinići Озринићи ... 1,873 2,024 2,062 Nikšić
31. Mojanovići Мојановићи ... 1,438 1,850 2,021 Podgorica

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zakon o izmjeni i dopuni Zakona o teritorijalnoj organizaciji Crne Gore. (No longer available online.) In: Službeni List Crne Gore (no. 27/2013). June 11, 2013, archived from the original on September 4, 2015 ; Retrieved February 20, 2015 (Serbian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sluzbenilist.me
  2. ↑ Zakon o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o teritorijalnoj organizaciji Crne Gore. (No longer available online.) In: Službeni List Crne Gore (no. 12/2014). March 7, 2014, archived from the original on September 26, 2014 ; Retrieved February 20, 2015 (Serbian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sluzbenilist.me
  3. ^ Municipalities and places of Montenegro. In: City Population. Retrieved February 16, 2014 .
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