Municipalities of Montenegro

The municipalities (, singular: ) 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 (, plural: ), forming the most basic level of local government.Opštine, Direktorat za lokalnu samoupravu

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.Union of Municipalities of Montenegro

The next Montenegrin municipal elections are scheduled for 2027.

List # Coat of arms Municipality Area Population (2023) Density Predominant ethnicity (2023) Predominant language (2023) Predominant religion (2023) km2 Rank Total Rank Pop/km2 1 Andrijevica 283 17 3,910 22 14 Serb (67.52%) Serbian (75.55%) Eastern Orthodox (97.75%) 2 Bar 598 8 45,812 3 77 Montenegrin (42.26%) Montenegrin (40.25%) Eastern Orthodox (55.02%) 3 Berane 544 10 24,645 7 45 Serb (59.82%) Serbian (69.15%) Eastern Orthodox (82.71%) 4 Bijelo Polje 924 4 38,662 4 42 Serb (43.13%) Serbian (48.15%) Eastern Orthodox (54.20%) 5 Budva 122 24 27,445 6 225 Serb (35.79%) Serbian (43.73%) Eastern Orthodox (84.26%) 6 Cetinje 899 5 14,494 15 16 Montenegrin (91.07%) Montenegrin (85.77%) Eastern Orthodox (91.83%) 7 Danilovgrad 501 11 18,617 12 37 Montenegrin (57.31%) Serbian (50.64%) Eastern Orthodox (93.09%) 8 Gusinje 157 22 3,933 21 25 Bosniak (57.13%) Bosnian (50.72%) Sunni Islam (92.55%) 9 Herceg Novi 235 20 30,824 5 131 Serb (48.34%) Serbian (57.65%) Eastern Orthodox (83.67%) 10 Kolašin 897 6 6,700 19 7 Montenegrin (52.07%) Serbian (58.25%) Eastern Orthodox (94.85%) 11 Kotor 335 15 22,746 10 68 Montenegrin (46.43%) Serbian (43.63%) Eastern Orthodox (79.72%) 12 Mojkovac 367 14 6,728 18 18 Montenegrin (54.01%) Serbian (57.05%) Eastern Orthodox (96.98%) 13 Nikšić 2,065 1 65,705 2 32 Montenegrin (59.46%) Serbian (49.48%) Eastern Orthodox (93.25%) 14 Petnjica 173 21 4,957 20 29 Bosniak (83.96%) Bosnian (62.09%) Sunni Islam (98.47%) 15 Plav 328 16 9,050 17 28 Bosniak (65.64%) Bosnian (60.53%) Sunni Islam (79.16%) 16 Pljevlja 1,346 3 24,134 8 18 Serb (66.41%) Serbian (72.92%) Eastern Orthodox (80.09%) 17 Plužine 854 7 2,177 24 3 Serb (74.46%) Serbian (84.47%) Eastern Orthodox (98.16%) 18 Podgorica 1,441 2 179,505 1 125 Montenegrin (54.54%) Serbian (44.81%) Eastern Orthodox (79.77%) 19 Rožaje 432 13 23,184 9 54 Bosniak (84.66%) Bosnian (74.05%) Sunni Islam (96.52%) 20 Šavnik 553 9 1,569 25 3 Montenegrin (50.54%) Serbian (54.88%) Eastern Orthodox (97.77%) 21 Tivat 46 25 16,338 13 355 Serb (34.47%) Serbian (40.55%) Eastern Orthodox (68.15%) 22 Tuzi 236 19 12,979 16 55 Albanian (62.55%) Albanian (60.25%) Sunni Islam (54.68%) 23 Ulcinj 255 18 20,507 11 80 Albanian (73.53%) Albanian (74.28%) Sunni Islam (76.90%) 24 Žabljak 445 12 2,941 23 7 Serb (52.64%) Serbian (67.19%) Eastern Orthodox (96.63%) 25 Zeta 153 23 16,071 14 110 Montenegrin (49.81%) Serbian (63.79%) Eastern Orthodox (95.86%) Source:

Politics List of current mayors and local governments (4) (3) (3) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (3) MunicipalityCurrent MayorPartyLocal governmentElectedPodgoricaSaša MujovićPESPES–DCG–ZBCG–PzPG–SNP–UCG2024NikšićMarko KovačevićNSDZBCG–PES–SNP–DCG–UCG–SCG2025Bijelo PoljePetar SmolovićDPSDPS–SD–SDP–BS2022BarDušan RaičevićDPSDPS–SD–SDP2022Herceg NoviStevan KatićDCGDCG–NL–ZBCG2025PljevljaDario VranešNSDZBCG–PES–DCG–SNP2022BeraneĐole LutovacPESPES–SNP–ZBCG–DCG–BS–UCG–SCG2024RožajeRahman HusovićBSBS2022KotorVladimir JokićDCGDCG–PES–ZBCG–GL–DA–KP2024UlcinjGenci Nimanbegu ForcaForca–SD–SDP–PD–DPS–BS2022Budva Nikola JovanovićInd.BNG–DPS–SDP–SD2024DanilovgradAleksandar GrgurovićInd.PES–ZBCG–DCG–UCG–URA–SNP2022CetinjeNikola ĐuraškovićSDPSDP–SG LSCG2021TivatŽeljko KomnenovićInd.Independent lists2022TuziNik GjeloshajAAAA–DS–DCG2023PlavNihad Canović SDSD–DPS–SDP–BS2022MojkovacVesko DelićNSDZBCG–DCG–SNP–URA2021KolašinPetko BakićDCGDCG–ZBCG–PES–SNP–URA–UCG2022PetnjicaErol MuratovićDPSDPS–SD–BS2021AndrijevicaŽeljko ĆulafićSNPSNP–PES–ZBCG–DCG–VPZU2024GusinjeSanel BalićBSBS–SD–SDP–PZG–DCG2024ŽabljakRadoš Žugić DIDI–ZBCG–DCG2022PlužineSlobodan DelićSNPSNP2022ŠavnikJugoslav JakićDPSDPS–SD2022ZetaMihailo AsanovićDNPZBCG–SNP–DCG2022 Local parliaments of Montenegro

See also

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

References

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