Berane Municipality

Berane Municipality (Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Berane / Општина Беране) is one of the municipalities in Northern Montenegro. The center is Berane. Until 2013, it covered an area of 544 km2, and had a population of 33,970 in the 2011 census. In 2013, however, the Petnjica Municipality was formed out of the eastern part of the Berane Municipality. The population lowered to 28,515.

Geography and location
Berane is located in the northeastern part of Montenegro, in the Lim river valley region between the peaks of Bjelasica in the west, Cmiljevica in the east, Tivran gorge in the north, being part of the Sandžak region. Berane has a very favorable geographical position, since it is connected by the main road to Serbia, via Rožaje, and Kosovo, via Chakor. The Lim valley is also connected by the main road to the southern part of Serbia and the southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Municipal parliament
The municipal parliament consists of 35 deputies elected directly for a four-year term. Results of the elections held in 2022 are as follows:

Demographics
The town of Berane, with a population of 11,073, is the administrative centre of the Berane Municipality, which in 2011 had a population of 33,970. According to the 2011 census, the ethnic composition of the municipality was: