| Plav Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Opština Plav|italic=no Општина Плав|italic=no Albanian: Komuna e Plavës|italic=no |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Montenegro |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Plav |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 379 |
| Population Total: | 9,081 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 84323–84326 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +382 51 |
| Iso Code: | ME-13 |
| Registration Plate: | PL |
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).
| Party/Coalition | Seats | Local government | ||
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| SD-DPS-SDP | ||||
| Democratic Front | ||||
| URA-AA | ||||
| PCG | ||||
| SNP | ||||
| BS | ||||
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: