Plužine

Plužine (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Плужине, ) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region. In 2023 it had a population of 1,102.

Location
The municipality of Plužine is the seventh municipality in Montenegro in terms of area. The municipality is located in the north-west of Montenegro, along the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is located near the Piva lake (Pivsko) in the northwestern mountainous region of Montenegro, close to the Durmitor National Park area. Plužine is the administrative centre of the Plužine Municipality and also the unofficial centre of the Piva region, named after the Piva River and the historical tribe of Piva (Pivljani).

Population
Plužine is the administrative centre of the Plužine municipality, which in 2023 had a population of 2,232. The town of Plužine itself had 1,102 citizens.

History
Historically, it is the region of Old Herzegovina and is located in the central parts of Old Herzegovina. It was annexed by Montenegro after the Berlin Congress in 1878.

Historical population
Population of the Town of Plužine:
 * 1981 - 730
 * 1991 - 1,453
 * 2003 - 1,494
 * 2011 - 1,341
 * 2023 - 1,102

Ethnic composition
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 (65.65%)
 * Montenegrins (27.79)

Twin towns — Sister cities
Plužine is twinned with:


 * 🇷🇸 Kraljevo, Serbia
 * Ljubljana, Slovenia

Transport
The town is close to the border crossing with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina region) for the town of Gacko and Foča.

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