Krašići ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Крашићи) is a settlement in the

Tivat Municipality Tivat Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Tivat / Општина Тиват) is the smallest municipality in Montenegro by area, situated in the Bay of Kotor. The center of the municipality is the eponymous town, Tivat. Besides the ...

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, located on the Luštica peninsula in the

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Geography

Krašići is located on the Luštica peninsula, on the southern shore of the Bay of Tivat in the

, between the villages of Tičići and Radovići. Old Krašići was located at mountain side, a few kilometers from its present location. This place is now called Gornji Krašići (Upper Krašići) or Stari Krašići (Old Krašići) and current village is sometimes called Donji Krašići (Lower Krašići).

History

The village

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is still located in the old village. Villagers lived mostly from planting

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s and

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s and producing

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and

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. After the great 1979 Montenegro earthquake, the village was heavily damaged and people have resettled on the current location at sea shore, which was prior to the earthquake used for small-scale

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. In addition to their former occupations, they increased fishing, and, recently,

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. In the 1970s, some tourists started building houses around the village in larger numbers. This boomed and now they by far outnumber locals. The first tourist settlement is ''Krašići 1''; after it, ''Krašići 2'' was built. Tourists have also built the

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(which was a stony beach before that), streets and infrastructure in the settlement. Currently it has

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and sewage and from not too long ago a functioning sewer and water system. Houses in Krašići 1 and 2 are self-built by tourists; but after noticing the popularity of this location, the construction company ''Šumadija'' built a planned settlement in 1980 which is now called ''Krašići 2/2'' (former Krašići 2 is now called ''Krašići 2/1'') or sometimes ''Krašići - Šumadija'' or ''Krašići - Maslinjak'' (''Maslinjak'' -

plantation; because it is built in place of one). After that some people have self-built houses in ''Krašići 3''.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village had 130 inhabitants, 33,85% Montenegrins, 20,77% Serbs and 20,77% Croats.Moststat, zvanični rezultati popisa, 2011
/ref> The only families which lived in the old, Gornji Krašići village, were ''Francisković'', ''Slavović'' and ''Petrović''. It was the only

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village on Luštica. Original Krašići has some 150 houses; now, in addition to that, there are several big five star

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held by locals. Krašići 2/1 has around 800 houses. Houses in Krašići 1 and 2 are self-built by tourists.

Tourism

The village

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has a

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depicting the battle of Lepetane which was taken from the church in the old village. The village has one

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, with a navigational light, which encloses a small harbour; there is one more smaller harbour in the village. The beach is

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with

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sea floor, with a number of beach bars.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krasici Populated places in Bay of Kotor Populated places in Tivat Municipality Coastal towns in Montenegro