Danilovgrad

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Danilovgrad
Даниловград
Coat of arms of Danilovgrad
Coat of arms
Location of Danilovgrad
Coordinates 42.33° N 19.60° E
Mayor Branislav Đuranović (DPS - SDP)
Municipality area 501 km²
Population (2003 census)
 - city
 - municipality
 - density
5,208
16,523
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Time zone
 - Standard
 - Summer (DST)
CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Founded 1869
Area code +382 81
Car plates PG
Postal code 81410
ISO 3166-2 code ME-{{{iso}}}
Official Website www.danilovgrad.cg.yu/


Danilovgrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 5,208 (2003 census).

Danilovgrad is located in the fertile valley of the Zeta River, sometimes called also the Bjelopavlići plain, after the name of the local clan. It is a centre of the municipality of the same name, which has a population of 16,523.

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[edit] History

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In the place of Danilovgrad, there are remains of Gradina, and ancient city which was a capital of the first Serbian state, also rich with leftovers from the Nemanyiden age.

Danilovgrad was founded with the purpose of being the capital of Montenegro. Foundations for this planned city were first laid by King Nikola I in 1870. However, after the liberation of Nikšić and Podgorica its significance diminished. It got its name after Nicholas' predecessor Prince Danilo.

[edit] Population

Danilovgrad is the center of the Danilovgrad municipality, which in 2003 had a population of 16,523. The town itself has 5,208 citizens.

Population of Danilovgrad:

Ethnic groups (1991 census):

Ethnic groups (2003 census):

[edit] Tourism

Main tourist attraction within Danilovgrad municipality is Ostrog Monastery, famous orthodox pilgrimage site visited by believers from afar. It is located on an almost vertical cliff overseeing Bjelopavlići plain, approximately 15 km from Danilovgrad in the direction of Nikšić.

Other notable points of interest are Ždrebaonik Monastery and well of Glava Zete.

[edit] Transport

Danilovgrad is situated approximately halfway between two largest Montenegrin cities, Podgorica and Nikšić, on the main road that connects these two.

Podgorica Airport is 30 km away, and has regular flights to Belgrade, Budapest, Bari, Skopje, Zurich, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Paris, Rome and Vienna.

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