Plav Municipality (
Montenegrin, sq, Komuna e Plavës) 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 center is Town of
Plav. In February 2014, the south-western third of the municipality seceded to form
Gusinje Municipality
Gusinje Municipality ( Montenegrin: ''Opština Gusinje'' / Општина Гусиње; sq, Komuna e Gucisë) is a municipality in eastern Montenegro in the upper Lim valley at an elevation of about . It was created in 2014, when it split from Pl ...
.
Geography
Plav is located at the foot of the
Accursed mountains
The Accursed Mountains ( sq, Bjeshkët e Nemuna; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Проклетије, Prokletije, ; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps ( sq, Alpet Shqiptare), are a mountain group in the western part of the B ...
range, adjacent to the springs of the river
Lim. The area contains many lakes and the most known is
Lake Plav, one of the largest in this region. The lakes Hrid and
Visitor are mountain lakes, and Visitor is noted for its
floating island
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Floating islands are a common natural phenomenon that are found in many parts of the world. They exist less co ...
. Plav is also renowned for its
karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...
wells, among which are
Ali Pasha of Gucia
Ali Pasha Shabanagaj (Serbian: Али-паша Шабанагић, Ali-paša Šabanagić; 1828 – 5 March 1888), was an Albanian Muslim military commander and one of the leaders of the League of Prizren. He governed, as an Ottoman ''kaymaka ...
Springs and Oko Skakavica.
Settlements
Plav Municipality is divided into 5 communes (''mjesna zajednica'') with 22 settlements (''naselje''). Plav Municipality communes:
Brezojevice commune (Brezojevice), Plav commune (
Plav, Babino Polje, Bogajiće, Budojevice, Jara, Jasenica, Komorača, Korita, Meteh, Đurička Rijeka, Hakanje,
Hoti, Skić and Vojno Selo), Murino commune (
Murino, Gornja Ržanica, Mašnica and Pepići), Prnjavor commune (Prnjavor), Velika commune:
Velika and Novšiće).
Local parliament
Demographics
Town of Plav is administrative centre of Plav Municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 9,081. The town of Plav itself has 3,717 citizens.
[http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje%281%29.pdf ]
Population history:
*1948 - 15,764
*1953 - 17,330
*1961 - 18,913
*1971 - 19,542
*1981 - 19,560
*1991 - 19,305
*2003 - 13,805
*2011 - 13,108
Gallery
File:Plav.jpg, Town of Plav
File:Lake Plav1.JPG, Lake Plav
File:WK402 WikipediaWeekendTirana2015 Visitor 077.JPG, Prokletije
The Accursed Mountains ( sq, Bjeshkët e Nemuna; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Проклетије, Prokletije, ; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps ( sq, Alpet Shqiptare), are a mountain group in the western part of the B ...
massif
File:Plav - Redzepagica Kula - tvrz muslimskeho hodnostare.jpg, Old Town of Plav
References
Municipalities of Montenegro
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