# 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.
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 | Area | Population (2023) | Population (2023) | Density | Predominant ethnicity (2023) | Predominant language (2023) | Predominant religion (2023) |
| # | Coat of arms | Municipality | Km² | Rank | Total | Rank | Pop/km$^2$ | Predominant ethnicity (2023) | Predominant language (2023) | Predominant religion (2023) |
| 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 | {| class="wikitable" | 153 |
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## 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 | 2024 |
| Nikšić | Marko Kovačević | NSD | ZBCG-SNP-DCG | 2021 |
| Bijelo Polje | Petar Smolović | DPS | DPS-SD-SDP-BS | 2022 |
| Bar | Dušan Raičević | DPS | DPS-SD-SDP-BS | 2022 |
| Herceg Novi | Stevan Katić | DCG | DCG-ZBCG-SNP-NL-URA-PCG | 2021 |
| Pljevlja | Dario Vraneš | NSD | ZBCG-DCG-PES! | 2022 |
| Berane | Đole Lutovac | PES | PES-SNP-ZBCG-DCG-UCG | 2024 |
| Rožaje | Rahman Husović | BS | BS | 2022 |
| Kotor | Vladimir Jokić | DCG | DCG-ZBCG-SNP | 2024 |
| Ulcinj | Genci Nimanbegu | Forca | Force-SD-SDP-PD-DPS-BS | 2022 |
| Budva | Nikola Jovanović | Ind. | BNG-SDP-DPS-SD-URA | 2024 |
| Danilovgrad | Aleksandar Grgurović | Ind. | PES!-ZBCG-DCG-PCG-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–ES–ZBCG–DCG–VPZU | 2024 |
| Gusinje | Sanel Balić | BS | BS-SD-SDP-PZG-DCG | 2024 |
| Žabljak | Radoš Žugić | DI | DI-ZBCG-DCG-PCG | 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
220
For the Future of Montenegro
106
Democratic Montenegro
93
Socialist People's Party
54
Bosniak Party
54
Europe Now
49
Social Democrats
41
United Reform Action
29
Social Democratic Party
26
Albanian Alternative
14
Movement for Changes
9
United Montenegro
8
Democratic League of Albanians
7
Democratic Union of Albanians
7
Novska List
7
Liberal Party
6
Tivat Action
6
Democratic Party
5
New Democratic Force
5
I Choose Montenegro
5
True Montenegro
4
Others
89
Reference: (last updated after March 2022 municipal elections) :