Municipalities of Montenegro

Municipalities
*Opštine* / Oпштине
Municipalities; Opštine / Oпштине
	Map of the municipalities of Montenegro
Category	Unitary state
Location	Montenegro
Number	25 municipalities (as of 2018-2021)
Populations	1,558 (Šavnik) to; 174,116 (Podgorica)
Areas	46 km2 (18 sq mi) (Tivat) to; 2,065 km2 (797 sq mi) (Nikšić)
Government	Local government;

The municipalities (Montenegrin: opštine / општине, singular: opština / општина) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 25 municipalities including the Old Royal Capital Cetinje and the Podgorica Capital City. Podgorica is divided into one subdivision called city municipality (Montenegrin: gradska opština / градска општина, plural: gradske opštine / градске општине), forming the most basic level of local government.^[2]^[3]

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The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro is a national association of local authorities of Montenegro.^[4]

List

#	Coat of arms	Municipality	Area		Population (2019)		Density	Ethnic Majority (2011)^{[self-published source]}	Predominant language^{[self-published source]}	Predominant religion^{[self-published source]}
#	Coat of arms	Municipality	Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Ethnic Majority (2011)^{[self-published source]}	Predominant language^{[self-published source]}	Predominant religion^{[self-published source]}
1		Andrijevica	283	17	4,585	20	18	Serbian (61.86%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
2		Bar	598	8	42,048	4	70	Montenegrin (46.50%)	Montenegrin	Eastern Orthodox
3		Berane	544	10	31,874	7	52	Serbian (42.96%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
4		Bijelo Polje	924	4	42,191	3	50	Serbian (35.96%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
5		Budva	122	23	22,061	11	157	Montenegrin (48.19%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
6		Cetinje	899	5	15,181	13	19	Montenegrin (90.54%)	Montenegrin	Eastern Orthodox
7		Danilovgrad	501	11	18,284	12	37	Montenegrin (64.19%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
8		Gusinje	157	22	4,027	21	26	Bosniak (42.64%)	Bosnian	Sunni Islam
9		Herceg Novi	235	20	30,597	5	131	Serbian (48.89%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
10		Kolašin	897	6	7,228	18	9	Montenegrin (57.42%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
11		Kotor	335	15	22,753	9	67	Montenegrin (48.88%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
12		Mojkovac	367	14	7,553	17	23	Montenegrin (59.12%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
13		Nikšić	2,065	1	69,203	2	35	Montenegrin (63.70%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
14		Petnjica	173	21	5,482	19	32	Bosniak (83.02%)	Bosnian	Sunni Islam
15		Plav	328	16	9,081	16	28	Bosniak (51.90%)	Bosnian	Sunni Islam
16		Pljevlja	1,346	3	27,006	6	23	Serbian (57.07%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
17		Plužine	854	7	2,613	23	4	Serbian (65.65%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
18		Podgorica	1,399	2	201,631	1	133	Montenegrin (57.35%)	Montenegrin	Eastern Orthodox
19		Rožaje	432	13	23,024	8	53	Bosniak (83.91%)	Bosnian	Sunni Islam
20		Šavnik	553	9	1,558	24	4	Montenegrin (53.82%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
21		Tivat	46	24	15,069	14	305	Montenegrin (33.25%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox
22		Tuzi	236	19	12,096	15	67	Albanian (68.44%)	Albanian	Roman Catholicism
23		Ulcinj	255	18	20,191	10	78	Albanian (70.66%)	Albanian	Sunni Islam
24		Žabljak	445	12	3,081	22	8	Montenegrin (50.43%)	Serbian	Eastern Orthodox

Politics

List of current mayors and local governments
Democratic Party of Socialists (11) Democratic Front (4) Socialist People's Party (2) Democratic Montenegro (2) Bosniak Party (1) Social Democrats (1) Albanian Alternative (1) Social Democratic Party (1) United Reform Action (1) Independent (1)

Municipality	Current Mayor		Local government	Elected
Podgorica	Ivan Vuković	DPS	DPS-SD-AA	2022
Nikšić	Marko Kovačević	DF	DF-SNP-DCG-URA	2021
Bijelo Polje	Petar Smolović	DPS	DPS-SD-BS	2022
Bar	Dušan Raičević	DPS	DPS-SD-SDP–BS	2022
Herceg Novi	Stevan Katić	DCG	DCG-DF-SNP-NL-URA	2021
Pljevlja	Rajko Kovačević	DPS	DPS-SD-BS	2022
Berane	Vuko Todorović	DF	DF–DCG–PBS–PCG–UCG	2022
Rožaje	Rahman Husović	BS	BS-DPS	2022
Kotor	Vladimir Jokić	DCG	DCG-DF-SNP-URA	2020
Ulcinj	Omer Bajraktari	URA	URA–SD–SDP–AA–PD– Forca	2022
Budva	Marko Carević	DF	DF	2022
Danilovgrad	Zorica Kovačević	DPS	DPS-SD	2022
Cetinje	Nikola Đurašković	SDP	SDP-SG LSCG	2021
Tivat	Željko Komnenović	Ind.	Independent lists	2022
Tuzi	Nik Gjeloshaj	AA	AA-DS-DUA-DCG-BS	2019
Plav	Nihad Canovic	SD	SD-DPS-BS	2022
Mojkovac	Vesko Delić	DF	DF-DCG-SNP-URA	2021
Kolašin	Marta Scepanovic	DPS	DPS-SD	2022
Petnjica	Erol Muratovic	DPS	DPS-SD-BS	2021
Andrijevica	Željko Ćulafić	SNP	SNP-DF-DCG	2020
Gusinje	Anela Čekić	DPS	DPS-BS-DUA-AA	2020
Žabljak	Veselin Vukićević	DPS	DPS-SD	2022
Plužine	Mijuško Bajagić	SNP	SNP	2022
Šavnik	Velimir Perišić	DPS	DPS-SD	2022
Zeta	Tanja Stanković	DPS	DPS-SD	2022

Local parliaments of Montenegro

Number of mandates per party in local parliaments

Democratic Party of Socialists			250
Democratic Montenegro			95
New Serb Democracy			79
Socialist People's Party			57
Bosniak Party			54
Social Democrats			53
Democratic People's Party			44
Europe Now			41
United Reform Action			35
Movement for Changes			28
Social Democratic Party			27
Albanian Alternative			13
United Montenegro			10
Democratic League of Albanians			8
Democratic Union of Albanians			7
Novska List			7
True Montenegro			7
Tivat Action			6
Democratic Party			5
New Democratic Force			5
I Choose Montenegro			5
Liberal Party			5
Other parties (with less than 5 deputies)			37
Reference:^[5] (last updated after March 2022 municipal elections)

References

^ "Montenegrin 2011 census". Monstat. 2011.
^ Opštine, Direktorat za lokalnu samoupravu
^ "Draft of Regional Development Law".
^ Union of Municipalities of Montenegro
^ "BROJ MANDATA" (PDF). antikorupcija.me. Agency for Prevention of Corruption. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

Statistical Office of Montenegro – MONSTAT. Population census 2003
Statistical Office of Montenegro – MONSTAT. Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011. Population by age, sex, and type of settlement per municipality, as well as the most frequent name in Montenegro.
Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro, 2011 (preliminary data).
Interactive Map of Montenegro Municipalities

[Montenegrin_2011_census-1] "Montenegrin 2011 census". Monstat. 2011.

[2] Opštine, Direktorat za lokalnu samoupravu

[3] "Draft of Regional Development Law".

[4] Union of Municipalities of Montenegro

[5] "BROJ MANDATA" (PDF). antikorupcija.me. Agency for Prevention of Corruption. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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Municipalities of Montenegro

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