Šavnik Municipality is one of the

municipalities of Montenegro The ''municipalities'' ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, opštine, општине, separator=" / ", singular: cnr-Latn-Cyrl, opština, општина, separator=" / ", label=none) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is div ...

. The municipality is located in

Northern Montenegro Northern Montenegro ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, Śever Crne Gore, Ćевер Црне Горе, separator=" / ", ), is one of three statistical regions in Montenegro. It encompasses the sparsely populated mountainous part of Montenegro. It is bordered by B ...

. The administrative center is the small town of

Šavnik Šavnik (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Шавник, ) is a town in Montenegro in the Northern Montenegro, northern region and administrative center of the Šavnik Municipality. It is located at the confluence of three rivers - Bukovica (Komarnica), ...

Geography and location

Šavnik is located at the confluence of three rivers —

Bukovica Bukovica may refer to: Croatia *Bukovica, Dalmatia, a geographical region in Croatia *Bukovica, Sisak-Moslavina County, a village near Topusko * Bukovica, Brod-Posavina County, a village near Rešetari * Nova Bukovica, a village and municipality ...

, Bijela and

, at an altitude of 840 meters. The municipality is located in the northwestern region of

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, in the Drobnjaci region, named after the local clan of

Drobnjaci Drobnjaci ( sr-Cyrl, Дробњаци, ) was a tribe and historical region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox ...

. The population of the town and municipality of Šavnik has since been in a slow, but steady decline. Most of the residents have been migrating to

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

and southern Montenegro, and Šavnik is often a synonym for a poor and deteriorating town. Šavnik is situated on the regional road between

(45 km) and

Žabljak Žabljak (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Жабљак, ) is a small town in Montenegro in the Northern Montenegro, northern region. It has a population of 1,723. Žabljak is the seat of Žabljak Municipality (2011 population: 3,569). The town is in ...

(15 km), and it is its only link to the rest of Montenegro.

Municipal parliament

The municipal parliament consists of 30 deputies elected directly for a four-year term.

Population

The town of

is the administrative centre of the ''Šavnik municipality'', which has 2,947 residents. The town of Šavnik itself has a population of 570. Šavnik municipality has the smallest population of all

. The town of Šavnik is also the seat of municipality in Montenegro with fewest residents. ''Population of Šavnik:'' *March 3, 1981 - 633 *March 3, 1991 - 821 *November 1, 2003 - 570 Ethnic groups (2003 census): *Montenegrins (58,94 %) *Serbs (30.0%)

Gallery

File:Šavnik, Montenegro 03.jpg, Town of

File:Izvor Bukovice - panoramio.jpg, Bukovica river File:Šavnik, Montenegro. Nature 2.jpg, Šavnik river File:Durmitor (20798894063).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, th ...

References

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