Petnjica Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Petnjica / Општина Петњица) 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 center is

Petnjica Petnjica () is a town in Montenegro in the northern region, and the center of Petnjica Municipality. Petnjica regained its municipality status on May 28, 2013, which it previously had from 1945 to 1957, when it was merged with the Berane Municip ...

. The Petnjica Municipality was created in 2013, when it was split from the

Berane Municipality Berane Municipality ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, Opština Berane, Општина Беране) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro, municipalities in Northern Montenegro. Its center is the town of Berane and until 2013, it covered an area of 544 k ...

Subdivisions

Petnjica Municipality is divided into 7 local communities ( Montenegrin Latin: ''mjesne zajednice'', singular: ''mjesna zajednica'') with 25 settlements (''naselja'', singular: ''naselje''). The local communities are: Bor (

Bor Bor may refer to: Places Populated places * Bor (Tachov District), a town in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic * Bor, Petnjica, Montenegro * Bor, Russia, the name of many inhabited localities in Russia * Bor District, a district in Serbia ** Bor, Se ...

and Ponor), Petnjica (

, Godočelje, Johovica, Lagatori, Lazi, Pahulj and Radmanci), Savin Bor ( Savin Bor, Dašča Rijeka, Dobrodole and Kruščica), Javorova (Javorova, Murovac and Poroče), Trpezi ( Trpezi and Kalica), Tucanje ( Tucanje, Azane, Lješnica, Orahovo and Vrševo) and Vrbica ( Upper Vrbica and Lower Vrbica).

Local parliament

Demographics

The village of

is the administrative center of the Petnjica Municipality, which had a population of 4,957 in 2023. The village of Petnjica itself had a population of around 500. The ethnic groups in the Petnjica Municipality, according to the 2023 census:

References

Municipalities of Montenegro States and territories established in 2013 2013 establishments in Montenegro States and territories established in 1945 1945 establishments in Montenegro States and territories disestablished in 1957 {{montenegro-geo-stub