Šavnik Municipality

Šavnik Municipality is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in Northern Montenegro. The administrative center is the small town of Šavnik.

Geography and location
Šavnik is located at the confluence of three rivers — Bukovica, Bijela and Šavnik, at an altitude of 840 meters. The municipality is located in the northwestern region of Montenegro, in the Drobnjaci region, named after the local clan of Drobnjaci. The population of the town and municipality of Šavnik has since been in a slow, but steady decline. Most of the residents have been migrating to Nikšić and southern Montenegro, and Šavnik is often a synonym for a poor and deteriorating town. Šavnik is situated on the regional road between Nikšić (45 km) and Žabljak (15 km), and it is its only link to the rest of Montenegro.

Municipal parliament
The municipal parliament consists of 30 deputies elected directly for a four-year term.

Population
The town of Šavnik is the administrative centre of the Šavnik municipality, which has 2,947 residents. The town of Šavnik itself has a population of 570. Šavnik municipality has the smallest population of all municipalities of Montenegro. The town of Šavnik is also the seat of municipality in Montenegro with fewest residents.

Population of Šavnik:
 * March 3, 1981 - 633
 * March 3, 1991 - 821
 * November 1, 2003 - 570

Ethnic groups (2003 census):
 * Montenegrins (58,94 %)
 * Serbs (30.0%)