Godinje ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Годиње) is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Bar,

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. It is located on a hill overlooking

Lake Skadar Lake Skadar or Lake Scutari (, ; cnr-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, )also called Lake Shkodra (and ''Lake Shkodër'')lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It is n ...

. 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

clans A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societie ...

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