Plav Municipality

Plav Municipality (Montenegrin: Opština Plav / Општина Плав; Albanian: Komuna e Plavës) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. It is located in Northern Montenegro. The center is the town of Plav. In February 2014, the southwestern third of the municipality seceded to form the Gusinje Municipality.^[1]

Plav Municipality Opština Plav Општина Плав Komuna e Plavës
Municipality
Coat of arms
Plav Municipality in Montenegro
Country	Montenegro
Capital	Plav
Area
• Total	379 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,081
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84323–84326
Area code	+382 51
ISO 3166 code	ME-13
Vehicle registration	PL
Website	www.plav.me

Geography

Plav is located at the foot of the Accursed Mountains, adjacent to the springs of the river Lim. The area contains many lakes and the most known is Lake Plav, one of the largest in the region. The lakes Hrid and Visitor are mountain lakes, and Visitor is noted for its floating island. Plav is also renowned for its karst wells, among which are the Ali Pasha of Gucia Springs and Oko Skakavica.

Settlements

The Plav Municipality is divided into 5 communes (mjesna zajednica) with 22 settlements (naselje).^[2] The communes of the Plav Municipality: Brezojevica (Brezojevica), Plav (Plav, Babino Polje, Bogajići, Budojevice, Jara, Jasenica, Komorača, Korita, Meteh, Đurička Rijeka, Hakanje, Hoti, Skić and Vojno Selo), Murino (Murino, Gornja Rženica, Mašnica and Pepići), Prnjavor (Prnjavor), Velika: Velika and Novšiće).^{[citation needed]}

City Assembly (2022–2026)

Party/Coalition		Seats	Local government
	SD	8 / 31	Government
	BS	7 / 31	Opposition
	DPS	5 / 31	Government
	ZBCG (NSD–DNP)	4 / 31	Opposition
	SDP	3 / 31	Government
	URA	2 / 31	Opposition
	AA	1 / 31	Opposition
	SNP	1 / 31	Opposition

Demographics

The town of Plav is the administrative centre of the Plav Municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 9,081. The town of Plav itself has 3,717 residents.^[3] The town of Plav is the administrative centre of the Plav Municipality, which in 2023 had a population of 9,050. The town of Plav itself has 4,121 residents.

Population history: 1948 - 15,764 1953 - 17,330 1961 - 18,913 1971 - 19,542 1981 - 19,560 1991 - 19,305 2003 - 13,805 2011 - 13,108 2023 - 9,050 (without Gusinje Municipality)

Ethnic composition (2011) Bosniaks   51.90% Albanians   18.88% Serbs   16.01% Montenegrins   6.27% Muslims   5.55% Others   1.70% Ethnic composition (2023) Bosniaks   65.64% Albanians   9.43% Serbs   17.08% Montenegrins   4.11% Muslims   2.61% Others   1.13%

Religion (2023 census)[4] Islam   79.16% Easten Orthodox   19.89% Roman Catholic   0.19% Others   0.32% Undeclared   0.44% Languages (2023 census)[4] Montenegrin   9.61% Serbian   18.90% Bosnian   60.53% Albanian   8.38% Undeclared   0.34% Others   2.24%

Gallery

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  Town of Plav
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  Lake Plav
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  Prokletije massif
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  Old Town of Plav