Plužine

Plužine Плужине
Town and municipality
Coat of arms
Plužine Location of Plužine in Montenegro
Coordinates: 43.15°N 18.83°E / 43.15; 18.83
Country	Montenegro
Founded	14th century
Settlements	43
Government
• Mayor	Mijuško Bajagić
• Ruling party	SNP
Area
• Town and municipality	854 km2 (330 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Density	5/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Urban	1,341
• Rural	1,905
• Municipality	3,235
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	81435
Area code	+382 40
ISO 3166-2 code	ME-15
Car plates	PŽ
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.pluzine.me

Plužine (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Плужине, pronounced [plûʒinɛ]) is a town in northwestern Montenegro. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 1,341.

Plužine is the centre of Plužine Municipality and unofficial centre of Piva region, named after Piva River. The town is close to the border crossing with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina region) for the town of Gacko (Republika Srpska).

Population

Plužine is administrative centre of Plužine municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 3,235. The town of Plužine itself has 1,341 citizens.

Town population

Population of Plužine:

• 1981 - 730
• 1991 - 1,453
• 2003 - 1,494
• 2011 - 1,341

Ethnic groups (1991 census):

• Montenegrins (91.61%)
• Serbs (6.63%)

Ethnic groups (2003 census):

• Serbs (63.92%)
• Montenegrins (29.79%)

Ethnic groups (2011 census):

• Serbs (60.78%)
• Montenegrins (31.77%)

Transport

Plužine is located on a road connecting Podgorica and Nikšić with central Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Local parliament

Party/Coalition		Seats	Local government
	Socialist People's Party	16 / 30	Government
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro/meta/color" |	Democratic Party of Socialists	5 / 30	Opposition
	Democratic Front	4 / 30	Opposition
	Democratic Montenegro	4 / 30	Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Social Democrats of Montenegro/meta/color" |	Social Democrats	1 / 30	Opposition

Gallery

• 
  Panorama of Plužine
• 
  Piva lake bridge
• 
  Piva lake
• 
  Piva river
• 
  Piva Monastery
• 
  Town panorama and Piva lake
• 
  Piva lake
• 
  Piva reservoir

See also

• Administrative divisions of Montenegro