Godinje (

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: Годиње) is a village in the

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. It is located on a hill overlooking

Lake Skadar Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

. The village is the ancestral home of the Lekovići and Nikač brotherhoods. In 1977, residents of Godinje would say in a joking manner that: "In Godinje, everyone's surname is ''Leković''". A reminder of a time when family

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lived in mountainous isolation in Montenegro.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 49.

Ancestral homes

*Central: Lekovići (45 houses) *East: Perazići (19 houses) *West: Velovići (4 houses) *West: Nikači (17 houses).

References

Populated places in Bar Municipality {{montenegro-geo-stub