Šavnik

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Šavnik Шавник

Flag Coat of arms Coordinates 42.95° N 19.10° E Mayor Velimir Perišić (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 553 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 570 2,947 5.3 per sq. km. No. of Settlements {{{settlements}}} Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +382 83 Car plates NK Official Website www.savnik.cg.yu

Šavnik (Cyrillic: Шавник) is a small village in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 570 (2003 census).

Šavnik is the centre of Šavnik municipality (population 2,947) and unofficial centre of Drobnjaci region, home of the Drobnjaci tribe.

Contents 1 History 2 Population 3 Transport 4 See also

[edit] History

[edit] Population

Šavnik is administrative centre of 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 Montenegrin municipalities. The town of Šavnik is also the capital of municipality in Montenegro with fewest residents.

Population of Šavnik:

• March 03, 1981 - 633
• March 03, 1991 - 821
• November 1, 2003 - 570

Ethnic groups (1991 census):

• Montenegrins (93.01%)
• Serbs (13.28%)

Ethnic groups (2003 census):

• Serbs(47.44%)
• Montenegrins (46.83%)

[edit] Transport

Šavnik is situated on a regional road halfway between Nikšić and Žabljak, and it is its only link with the rest of Montenegro.

[edit] See also

• Administrative divisions of Montenegro

Municipalities of Montenegro
Andrijevica | Bar | Berane | Bijelo Polje | Budva | Cetinje | Danilovgrad | Herceg-Novi | Kolašin | Kotor | Mojkovac | Nikšić | Plav | Pljevlja | Plužine | Podgorica | Rožaje | Šavnik | Tivat | Ulcinj | Žabljak