Danilovgrad Municipality | |
Native Name: | Opština Danilovgrad Општина Даниловград |
Seat: | Danilovgrad |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Montenegro |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 501 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +382 20 |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | DG |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Car plates |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 81410 |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Climate |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Cfa |
Blank Info Sec1: | ME-07 |
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Website: | danilovgrad.me |
The Danilovgrad Municipality is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. Its administrative center is the town of Danilovgrad and it is located in the central part of Montenegro, in the valley of the Zeta river, also called the Bjelopavlići plain.[1]
Main tourist attraction within the Danilovgrad municipality is Ostrog Monastery, a famous orthodox pilgrimage site visited by believers from afar. It is located on an almost vertical cliff overseeing the Bjelopavlići plain, approximately 15km (09miles) from Danilovgrad, in the direction of Nikšić. Other notable sites of interest are the Ždrebaonik Monastery and the well of Glava Zete. The Municipality lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgorica and Nikšić. Via villages, Danilovgrad forms part of a conurbation with Podgorica.
Parties and coalitions | Seats | Gov't. | |
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DPS | 19 | ||
DCG – URA | 6 | ||
3 | |||
SNP – DNP – JKP | 2 | ||
NSD | 2 | ||
PCG | 1 |
According to the 2023 census, the municipality of Danilovgrad had a population of 18,617,[2] with the following ethnic composition: