Šavnik Municipality is one of the

municipalities of Montenegro The ''municipalities'' (Serbian language, Serbian: ''opštine'' / општине, singular: ''opština'' / општина) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 25 municipalities including the ...

. The municipality is located in northwestern part of Montenegro, being part of

Durmitor Durmitor ( Montenegrin: Дурмитор, or ) is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of . The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...

region. The administrative center is small town of

Šavnik Šavnik ( cnr, Шавник, ) is a town in Montenegro and administrative center of the Šavnik Municipality. It is located at the confluence of three rivers - Bukovica, Bijela and Šavnik, at an altitude of 840 meters. It is the lowest lying set ...

Geography and location

Šavnik is located at the confluence of three rivers -

Bukovica Bukovica may refer to: Croatia *Bukovica, Dalmatia, a geographical region in Croatia * Bukovica, Sisak-Moslavina County, a village near Topusko * Bukovica, Brod-Posavina County, a village near Rešetari *Nova Bukovica, a village and municipality i ...

, Bijela and

, at an altitude of 840 meters. The municipality is located in north-western region of Montenegro in the Drobnjaci region, named after the local clan of

Drobnjaci Drobnjaci (, ) are historical tribe and region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox families have St. George (''Đu ...

. Population of Šavnik and entire municipality is since in slow but steady decline. Most of the residents are migrating to

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

and southern Montenegro, and Šavnik is often a synonym for a poor and deteriorating town. Šavnik is situated on a regional road between

(45 km) and

Žabljak Žabljak ( Serbian / Montenegrin: Жабљак, ) is a small town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 1,723. Žabljak is the seat of Žabljak Municipality (2011 population: 3,569). The town is in the centre of the Durmitor mountain ...

(15 km), and it is its only link with the rest of Montenegro.

Municipal parliament

The municipal parliament consists of 30 deputies elected directly for a four-year term.

Population

Town of

is administrative centre of ''Šavnik municipality'', which has 2,947 residents. The town of Šavnik itself has a population of 570. Šavnik municipality has the smallest population of all

. The town of Šavnik is also the seat of municipality in Montenegro with fewest residents. ''Population of Šavnik:'' *March 3, 1981 - 633 *March 3, 1991 - 821 *November 1, 2003 - 570 Ethnic groups (2003 census): *Montenegrins (58,94 %) *Serbs (30.0%)

Gallery

File:Šavnik, Montenegro 03.jpg, Town of

File:Izvor Bukovice - panoramio.jpg, Bukovica river File:Šavnik, Montenegro. Nature 2.jpg, Savnik river File:Durmitor (20798894063).jpg,

References

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