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Plav Municipality

Opština Plav
Општина Плав
Komuna e Plavës

Coat of arms of Plav Municipality

Coat of arms

Plav Municipality in Montenegro

Plav Municipality in Montenegro

CountryMontenegro
CapitalPlav
Area

• Total

379 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population

 (2011)

• Total

9,081
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code

84323–84326

Area code+382 51
ISO 3166 codeME-13
Vehicle registrationPL
Websitewww.plav.me

Plav Municipality (Montenegrin, 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 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.

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]

Party/Coalition Seats Local government
SD-DPS-SDP

16 / 31

Government
Democratic Front

2 / 31

Opposition
URA-AA

4 / 31

Opposition
PCG

1 / 31

Opposition
SNP

1 / 31

Opposition
BS

7 / 31

Opposition

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]

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
Ethnic composition
Bosniaks 51.90%
Albanians 18.88%
Serbs 16.01%
Montenegrins 6.27%
Muslims 5.55%
Others 1.70%
  • Town of Plav

  • Lake Plav

  • Prokletije massif

  • Old Town of Plav

    Old Town of Plav