Municipalities of Montenegro

Local government

Subdivisions

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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]

Recently created:

Petnjica Municipality (2013)
Gusinje Municipality (2014)
Tuzi Municipality (2018)
Zeta Municipality (2022)

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

List

Rank	Municipality	2011 census	2023 census preliminary	Change	Region
1	Podgorica	158,327	180,186	+13.81%	Central
2	Nikšić	72,443	66,725	−7.89%	Central
3	Bar	42,048	46,171	+9.81%	Coastal
4	Bijelo Polje	46,051	39,710	−13.77%	Northern
5	Herceg Novi	30,864	31,471	+1.97%	Coastal
6	Budva	19,218	26,667	+38.76%	Coastal
7	Rožaje	22,964	25,247	+9.94%	Northern
8	Berane	28,488	25,162	−11.68%	Northern
9	Pljevlja	30,786	24,542	−20.28%	Northern
10	Kotor	22,601	21,916	−3.03%	Coastal
11	Ulcinj	19,921	21,395	+7.40%	Coastal
12	Danilovgrad	18,472	18,832	+1.95%	Central
13	Tivat	14,031	16,340	+16.46%	Coastal
14	Zeta	16,231	16,206	−0.15%	Central
15	Cetinje	16,657	14,465	−13.16%	Central
16	Tuzi	11,379	13,142	+15.49%	Central
17	Plav	9,081	10,378	+14.28%	Northern
18	Mojkovac	8,622	6,824	−20.85%	Northern
19	Kolašin	8,380	6,765	−19.27%	Northern
20	Petnjica	5,482	5,552	+1.28%	Northern
21	Gusinje	4,027	4,662	+15.77%	Northern
22	Andrijevica	5,071	3,978	−21.55%	Northern
23	Žabljak	3,569	3,002	−15.89%	Northern
24	Plužine	3,246	2,232	−31.24%	Northern
25	Šavnik	2,070	1,588	−23.29%	Northern

Politics

List of current mayors and local governments
  New Serb Democracy (5)
  Democratic Party of Socialists (4)
  Democratic Montenegro (3)
  Socialist People's Party (2)
  Bosniak Party (2)
  Europe Now! (1)
  Social Democrats (1)
  Albanian Alternative (1)
  Social Democratic Party (1)
  New Democratic Force (1)
  Democratic People's Party (1)
  Durmitorska Inicijativa (1)
  Independent (2)

Municipality	Current Mayor		Local government	Elected
Podgorica	Olivera Injac	PES!	PES!-ZBCG-DCG-URA	2022
Nikšić	Marko Kovačević	NSD	ZBCG-SNP-DCG-URA	2021
Bijelo Polje	Petar Smolović	DPS	DPS-SD-SDP-BS	2022
Bar	Dušan Raičević	DPS	DPS-SD-SDP-BS	2022
Herceg Novi	Stevan Katić	DCG	DCG-ZBCG-SNP-NL-URA-PCG	2021
Pljevlja	Dario Vraneš	NSD	ZBCG-DCG-PES!	2022
Berane	Vuko Todorović	NSD	ZBCG-DCG-PBS-PCG-UCG	2022
Rožaje	Rahman Husović	BS	BS	2022
Kotor	Vladimir Jokić	DCG	DCG-ZBCG-SNP-URA	2020
Ulcinj	Genci Nimanbegu	Forca	Force-SD-SDP-PD-DPS-BS	2022
Budva	Milo Božović	NSD	ZBCG-DCG-DEMOS-URA-SNP	2024
Danilovgrad	Aleksandar Grgurović	Ind.	PES!-ZBCG-DCG-PCG-UCG-URA-SNP	2022
Cetinje	Nikola Đurašković	SDP	SDP-SG LSCG	2021
Tivat	Željko Komnenović	Ind.	Independent lists	2022
Tuzi	Nik Gjeloshaj	AA	AA-DS-DCG	2023
Plav	Nihad Canović	SD	SD-DPS-SDP-BS	2022
Mojkovac	Vesko Delić	NSD	ZBCG-DCG-SNP-URA	2021
Kolašin	Petko Bakić	DCG	DCG-ZBCG-PES!-SNP-URA-UCG	2022
Petnjica	Erol Muratović	DPS	DPS-SD-BS	2021
Andrijevica	Željko Ćulafić	SNP	SNP-ZBCG-DCG	2024
Gusinje	Sanel Balić	BS	BS-DUA-AA-SD-SDP-SNP	2020
Žabljak	Radoš Žugić	DI	DI-ZBCG-DCG-PCG	2022
Plužine	Slobodan Delić	SNP	SNP	2022
Šavnik	Jugoslav Jakić	DPS	DPS-SD	2022
Zeta	Mihailo Asanović	DNP	ZBCG-SNP-DCG	2022

Local parliaments of Montenegro

Number of mandates per party in local parliaments

Democratic Party of Socialists			230
For the Future of Montenegro			122
Democratic Montenegro			94
Socialist People's Party			54
Bosniak Party			53
Social Democrats			52
United Reform Action			35
Europe Now			35
Social Democratic Party			34
Movement for Changes			20
Albanian Alternative			13
United Montenegro			10
Christian Democratic Movement			8
Democratic League of Albanians			7
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			4
Reference:^[5] (last updated after March 2022 municipal elections)

Politics of Montenegro


Constitution
Executive President (list) Jakov Milatović Prime Minister Milojko Spajić Government
Legislative Parliament President: Andrija Mandić
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: 2018 2023 Parliamentary: 2020 2023 Local: 2021 2022
Administrative divisions Municipalities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Ranko Krivokapić Diplomatic missions of / in Montenegro Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy European Union NATO Croatia Serbia
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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

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v t e Municipalities of Montenegro
Capital City	Podgorica
Old Royal Capital	Cetinje
Municipalities	Andrijevica Bar Berane Bijelo Polje Budva Danilovgrad Gusinje Herceg Novi Kolašin Kotor Mojkovac Nikšić Petnjica Plav Pljevlja Plužine Rožaje Šavnik Tivat Tuzi Ulcinj Zeta Žabljak

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