Petnjica ( cnr, Петњица) is a town in northern

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, and the center of

Petnjica Municipality Petnjica Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Petnjica / Општина Петњица) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in northeastern region of Montenegro, being part of Bihor and Sandžak regions. The ce ...

. Petnjica regained its municipality status on May 28, 2013, which it previously had from 1945 to 1957, when it was merged with the

Berane Municipality Berane Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Berane / Општина Беране) is one of the municipalities in the northern Montenegro. The center is Berane. Until 2013, it covered an area of 544 km2, and it had a population of ...

Demographics

Village is the administrative center of

, which had a population of 5,482 in 2011. The settlement itself had a population of 539. Ethnic groups in 2011

Sports

The local football team is

FK Petnjica FK Petnijica is a Montenegrin football club based in the town of Petnjica. They currently compete in the Montenegrin Third League - North Region. History Football club Petnjica was founded on 29 June 1977, as a first sports' society in the Biho ...

, who play in the country's third tier. They play their home games at the Gusare Stadium.

Notable people

* Osman Rastoder, commander of

Sandžak Muslim militia The Sandžak Muslim militia was established in Sandžak and eastern Herzegovina in Axis occupied Yugoslavia between April or June and August 1941 during World War II. It was under control of the Independent State of Croatia until September 1941, w ...

* Rifat Rastoder, Montenegrin politician *

Šerbo Rastoder Prof. Šerbo Rastoder, PhD (; born 13 August 1956 in Radmanci, Berane, People's Republic of Montenegro, then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin historian of Bosniak ethnicity. He is also an author, writing about the history of Montenegr ...

, Montenegrin historian

International relations

Petnjica is twinned with: *

Rumelange Rumelange ( lb, Rëmeleng ; german: Rümelingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France. Populated places The commune consists of the following villages: * Rumelange * Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit) Pop ...

, Luxembourg

References

External links

FC Petnjica
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