Plužine Municipality

Municipality in Montenegro

Plužine Municipality

Opština Plužine
Општина Плужине

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Plužine Municipality in Montenegro

Country| Montenegro
Seat| Plužine
Area

• Total| 854 km2 (330 sq mi)
Postal code|

81435

Area code| +382 40
ISO 3166-2 code| ME-15
Car plates| PŽ
Climate| Cfb
Website| www.pluzine.me

Plužine Municipality (Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Plužine / Општина Плужине) is one of the municipalities in northwestern region of Montenegro. The administrative center is Town of Plužine. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,235.[1]

## Geography and location[edit]

The municipality of Pluzine is the seventh largest municipality in Montenegro, but also the municipality with the lowest population density, after Šavnik Municipality. The municipality is located in the northwest of Montenegro, being part of Piva region, named after Piva river. The region is close to the border crossing with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina region) for the towns of Gacko and Foča.

## Local parliament[edit]

Party / Coalition  | Seats  | Local government

|
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| SNP |

17 / 30

| Government
| DPS |

2 / 30

| Opposition
| DF |

6 / 30

| Opposition
| DCG |

4 / 30

| Opposition

## Demographics[edit]

Town of Plužine is administrative centre of Plužine municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 3,235. The town of Plužine itself has 1,341 citizens.[2]

Municipality Population| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1948| 8,030| —
1953| 8,952| +11.5%
1961| 9,164| +2.4%
1971| 9,078| −0.9%
1981| 6,254| −31.1%
1991| 5,247| −16.1%
2003| 4,295| −18.1%
2011| 3,246| −24.4%

Ethnic groups (1991 census):

* Montenegrins (91.61%)
* Serbs (6.63%)

Ethnic groups (2003 census):

* Serbs (63.92%)
* Montenegrins (29.79%)

Ethnic groups (2011 census):

* Serbs (60.78%)
* Montenegrins (31.77%)

## Gallery[edit]

* Town of Plužine

* Piva Monastery

* Piva river

* Piva mountain and lake

* Prutaš, Durmitor

* Durmitor massif

* Piva lake near Plužine

* Trnovac lake, Maglić

## References[edit]

1. ^ Opštine u Crnoj Gori, Ministarstvo javne uprave (MJU), Vlada Crne Gore
2. ^ http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje(1).pdf[bare URL PDF]

## External links[edit]

* Plužine Municipality

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