Municipalities of Montenegro

The municipalities (Montenegrin: opštine / општине, singular: opština / општина) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is divided into 25 municipalities including the Old Royal Capital Cetinje and the Podgorica Capital City. Podgorica is divided into one subdivision called city municipality (Montenegrin: gradska opština / градска општина, plural: gradske opštine / градске општине), forming the most basic level of local government.

Municipalities
Opštine
Општине
Map of the municipalities of Montenegro
CategoryUnitary state
LocationMontenegro
Number25 municipalities (as of 2022)
Populations1,569 (Šavnik) to
179,505 (Podgorica)
Areas46 km2 (18 sq mi) (Tivat) to
2,065 km2 (797 sq mi) (Nikšić)
Government
  • Local government
Subdivisions
  • None

Recently created:

  • Petnjica Municipality (2013)
  • Gusinje Municipality (2014)
  • Tuzi Municipality (2018)
  • Zeta Municipality (2022)

      The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro is a national association of local authorities of Montenegro.

    List

    # Coat of arms Municipality Area Population (2023) Density Predominant ethnicity (2023) Predominant language (2023) Predominant religion (2023)
    km2 Rank Total Rank Pop/km2
    1 Andrijevica 283 17 3,910 22 14 Serb (67.52%) Serbian (75.55%) Eastern Orthodox (97.75%)
    2 Bar 598 8 45,812 3 77 Montenegrin (42.26%) Montenegrin (40.25%) Eastern Orthodox (55.02%)
    3 Berane 544 10 24,645 7 45 Serb (59.82%) Serbian (69.15%) Eastern Orthodox (82.71%)
    4 Bijelo Polje 924 4 38,662 4 42 Serb (43.13%) Serbian (48.15%) Eastern Orthodox (54.20%)
    5 Budva 122 24 27,445 6 225 Serb (35.79%) Serbian (43.73%) Eastern Orthodox (84.26%)
    6 Cetinje 899 5 14,494 15 16 Montenegrin (91.07%) Montenegrin (85.77%) Eastern Orthodox (91.83%)
    7 Danilovgrad 501 11 18,617 12 37 Montenegrin (57.31%) Serbian (50.64%) Eastern Orthodox (93.09%)
    8 Gusinje 157 22 3,933 21 25 Bosniak (57.13%) Bosnian (50.72%) Sunni Islam (92.55%)
    9 Herceg Novi 235 20 30,824 5 131 Serb (48.34%) Serbian (57.65%) Eastern Orthodox (83.67%)
    10 Kolašin 897 6 6,700 19 7 Montenegrin (52.07%) Serbian (58.25%) Eastern Orthodox (94.85%)
    11 Kotor 335 15 22,746 10 68 Montenegrin (46.43%) Serbian (43.63%) Eastern Orthodox (79.72%)
    12 Mojkovac 367 14 6,728 18 18 Montenegrin (54.01%) Serbian (57.05%) Eastern Orthodox (96.98%)
    13 Nikšić 2,065 1 65,705 2 32 Montenegrin (59.46%) Serbian (49.48%) Eastern Orthodox (93.25%)
    14 Petnjica 173 21 4,957 20 29 Bosniak (83.96%) Bosnian (62.09%) Sunni Islam (98.47%)
    15 Plav 328 16 9,050 17 28 Bosniak (65.64%) Bosnian (60.53%) Sunni Islam (79.16%)
    16 Pljevlja 1,346 3 24,134 8 18 Serb (66.41%) Serbian (72.92%) Eastern Orthodox (80.09%)
    17 Plužine 854 7 2,177 24 3 Serb (74.46%) Serbian (84.47%) Eastern Orthodox (98.16%)
    18 Podgorica 1,441 2 179,505 1 125 Montenegrin (54.54%) Serbian (44.81%) Eastern Orthodox (79.77%)
    19 Rožaje 432 13 23,184 9 54 Bosniak (84.66%) Bosnian (74.05%) Sunni Islam (96.52%)
    20 Šavnik 553 9 1,569 25 3 Montenegrin (50.54%) Serbian (54.88%) Eastern Orthodox (97.77%)
    21 Tivat 46 25 16,338 13 355 Serb (34.47%) Serbian (40.55%) Eastern Orthodox (68.15%)
    22 Tuzi 236 19 12,979 16 55 Albanian (62.55%) Albanian (60.25%) Sunni Islam (54.68%)
    23 Ulcinj 255 18 20,507 11 80 Albanian (73.53%) Albanian (74.28%) Sunni Islam (76.90%)
    24 Žabljak 445 12 2,941 23 7 Serb (52.64%) Serbian (67.19%) Eastern Orthodox (96.63%)
    25 Zeta 153 23 16,071 14 110 Montenegrin (49.81%) Serbian (63.79%) Eastern Orthodox (95.86%)

    Source:

    Politics

    List of current mayors and local governments
      Democratic Party of Socialists (4)
      New Serb Democracy (3)
      Democratic Montenegro (3)
      Europe Now! (2)
      Socialist People's Party (2)
      Bosniak Party (2)
      Social Democrats (1)
      Albanian Alternative (1)
      Social Democratic Party (1)
      New Democratic Force (1)
      Democratic People's Party (1)
      Durmitorska Inicijativa (1)
      Independent (3)

    Municipality Current Mayor Party Local government Elected
    Podgorica Saša Mujović PES PES–DCG–ZBCG–PzPG–SNP–UCG–SCG 2024
    Nikšić Marko Kovačević NSD ZBCG–PES–SNP–DCG–UCG–SCG 2025
    Bijelo Polje Petar Smolović DPS DPS–SD–SDP–BS 2022
    Bar Dušan Raičević DPS DPS–SD–SDP 2022
    Herceg Novi Stevan Katić DCG DCG–NL–ZBCG 2025
    Pljevlja Dario Vraneš NSD ZBCG–PES–DCG–SNP 2022
    Berane Đole Lutovac PES PES–SNP–ZBCG–DCG–UCG–SCG 2024
    Rožaje Rahman Husović BS BS 2022
    Kotor Vladimir Jokić DCG DCG–PES–ZBCG–GL–DA–KP 2024
    Ulcinj Genci Nimanbegu Forca Forca–SD–SDP–PD–DPS–BS 2022
    Budva Nikola Jovanović Ind. BNG–DPS–SDP–SD–URA 2024
    Danilovgrad Aleksandar Grgurović Ind. PES–ZBCG–DCG–UCG–URA–SNP 2022
    Cetinje Nikola Đurašković SDP SDP–SG LSCG 2021
    Tivat Željko Komnenović Ind. Independent lists 2022
    Tuzi Nik Gjeloshaj AA AA–DS–DCG 2023
    Plav Nihad Canović SD SD–DPS–SDP–BS 2022
    Mojkovac Vesko Delić NSD ZBCG–DCG–SNP–URA 2021
    Kolašin Petko Bakić DCG DCG–ZBCG–PES–SNP–URA–UCG 2022
    Petnjica Erol Muratović DPS DPS–SD–BS 2021
    Andrijevica Željko Ćulafić SNP SNP–PES–ZBCG–DCG–VPZU 2024
    Gusinje Sanel Balić BS BS–SD–SDP–PZG–DCG 2024
    Žabljak Radoš Žugić DI DI–ZBCG–DCG 2022
    Plužine Slobodan Delić SNP SNP 2022
    Šavnik Jugoslav Jakić DPS DPS–SD 2022
    Zeta Mihailo Asanović DNP ZBCG–SNP–DCG 2022

    Local parliaments of Montenegro

    Number of mandates per party in local parliaments
    Democratic Party of Socialists
    223
    For the Future of Montenegro
    114
    Democratic Montenegro
    93
    Europe Now
    56
    Socialist People's Party
    56
    Bosniak Party
    54
    Social Democrats
    41
    United Reform Action
    27
    Social Democratic Party
    26
    Albanian Alternative
    14
    United Montenegro
    11
    Novska List
    10
    Movement for Changes
    8
    Democratic League of Albanians
    7
    Democratic Union of Albanians
    7
    Tivat Action
    6
    Democratic Party
    5
    New Democratic Force
    5
    I Choose Montenegro
    5
    Liberal Party
    4
    Others
    72
    Reference: (last updated after April 2025 municipal elections)

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