Plužine Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Plužine / Општина Плужине) is one of the

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in northwestern region of Montenegro. The administrative center is Town of

Plužine Plužine (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Плужине, ) is a town in northwestern Montenegro. In 2011 it has a population of 1,341. Location Town is located near the Piva lake (Pivsko) in the northwestern mountainous region of Montenegro, close to the ...

. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,235.

Geography and location

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. The municipality is located in the northwest of Montenegro, being part of Piva region, named after

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. The region is close to the border crossing with

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(

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region) for the towns of

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and

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Local parliament

Demographics

Town of

is administrative centre of Plužine municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 3,235. The town of Plužine itself has 1,341 citizens.http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje%281%29.pdf Ethnic groups (1991 census): *Montenegrins (91.61%) *Serbs (6.63%) Ethnic groups (2003 census): *Serbs (63.92%) *Montenegrins (29.79%) Ethnic groups (2011 census): *Serbs (60.78%) *Montenegrins (31.77%)

Gallery

File:Plužine Piva Lake.JPG, Town of

File:Manastir Piva 3.jpg,

Piva Monastery The Piva Monastery ( sr, Манастир Пивски, Manastir Pivski), also known as the Church of Sv. Bogorodica or the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in nort ...

File:Pivska prehrada, most u obce Pluzine.jpg,

File:Piva Lake 4.JPG, Piva mountain and lake File:Na Prutašu - panoramio.jpg, Prutaš, Durmitor File:Veliko Škrčko jezero - panoramio.jpg,

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 ...

massif File:Pluzine.jpg,

Piva lake Lake Piva ( cg, Пивско језеро, Pivsko јezero) is a reservoir in Montenegro. It is located in the northwest part of the country, in Plužine Municipality. The surface of the lake is 12.5 km², the length is 45 km, and the ma ...

near Plužine File:Trnovačko jezero, Maglić.jpg, Trnovac lake, Maglić

References

External links

Plužine Municipality
Municipalities of Montenegro {{montenegro-geo-stub