Municipalities of Montenegro

The municipalities (Montenegrin: opštine / општине, singular: opština / општина) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 24 municipalities including the Old Royal Capital Cetinje and the Podgorica Capital City. Podgorica is divided into one subdivisions called city municipality (Montenegrin: gradska opština / градска општина, plural: gradske opštine / градске општине), forming the basic level of local government.

Municipalities Opštine / Oпштине
Category	Unitary state
Location	Montenegro
Number	24 municipalities
Populations	1,558 (Šavnik) - 201,631 (Podgorica)
Areas	46 Km² (Tivat) - 2,065 Km² (Nikšić)
Government	Local governments

Recently created:

• Petnjica Municipality (2013)
• Gusinje Municipality (2014)
• Tuzi Municipality (2018)

City municipality:

• Podgorica Capital City:
  • Golubovci City Municipality

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

List

#	Coat of arms/ emblem	Municipality	Area		Population (2019)		Density	Ethnic Majority (2011)	Predominant language	Predominant religion
			Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²
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	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%)	Montenegrin	Eastern Orthodox
14		Petnjica	173	21	5,482	19	32	Bosniak (83.02%)	Bosnian	Islam
15		Plav	328	16	9,081	16	28	Bosniak (51.90%)	Bosnian	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	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	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 (17)   Socialist People's Party (2)   Democratic Montenegro (1)   Bosniak Party (1)   Social Democrats (1)   Albanian Alternative (1)   Democratic Front (1)

Municipality	Current Mayor	Party		Local government	Elected
Podgorica	Ivan Vuković		DPS	DPS-SD-AA	2018
Nikšić	Veselin Grbović		DPS	DPS-SD	2017
Bijelo Polje	Petar Smolović		DPS	DPS-SD	2018
Bar	Zoran Srzentić		DPS	DPS-SD-BB-BS	2018
Herceg Novi	Stevan Katić		DCG	DCG-DF-SNP-NL-SDP-URA	2017
Pljevlja	Mirko Đačić		DPS	DPS-SD-BS	2018
Berane	Dragoslav Šćekić		SNP	SNP-DF-DCG	2018
Rožaje	Ejup Nurković		BS	BS-DPS	2018
Kotor	Željko Aprcović		DPS	DPS-SD-LP-HGI	2016
Ulcinj	Ljoro Nrekić		DPS	DPS-FORCA	2018
Budva	Marko Carević		DF	DCG-DF-SNP-SDP-CRN-URA	2016
Danilovgrad	Zorica Kovačević		DPS	DPS-SD	2018
Cetinje	Aleksandar Kašćelan		DPS	DPS-SD	2017
Tivat	Siniša Kusovac		DPS	DPS-SD-HGI	2016
Tuzi	Nik Gjeloshaj		AA	AA-DS-DUA	2019
Plav	Mirsad Bajraktarević		SD	DPS-SD-BS	2018
Mojkovac	Ranko Mišnić		DPS	DPS-SD	2017
Kolašin	Milosav Bulatović		DPS	DPS-SD	2018
Petnjica	Samir Agović		DPS	DPS-SD	2017
Andrijevica	Srđan Mašović		DPS	DPS-SD	2016
Gusinje	Anela Čekić		DPS	DPS-SD-BS-DUA	2016
Žabljak	Veselin Vukićević		DPS	DPS-SD	2018
Plužine	Mijuško Bajagić		SNP	SNP	2018
Šavnik	Velimir Perišić		DPS	DPS-SD	2018

See also

Montenegro
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Montenegro
Constitution
Executive President (list) Milo Đukanović Prime Minister Duško Marković Government
Legislative Parliament President: Ivan Brajović
Judiciary Supreme Court Constitutional Court
Political parties Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Democrats (DCG) New Serb Democracy (NOVA) Movement for Changes (PzP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Democratic People's Party (DNP) Socialist People's Party (SNP) United Reform Action (URA) Democratic Alliance (Demos) United Montenegro (UCG) Bosniak Party (BS) Social Democrats (SD) New Democratic Power (FORCA) Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI) Workers' Party (RP) Liberal Party (LP)
Recent elections Presidential: 2013 2018 Parliamentary: 2016 next Local: 2017 2018
Administrative divisions Municipalities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Srđan Darmanović Diplomatic missions of / in Montenegro Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy EU accession NATO accession
Other countries

• List of regions of Montenegro
• Cities and towns of Montenegro
• Populated places of Montenegro
• Subdivisions of Montenegro
• ISO 3166-2:ME

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