Petnjica

Petnjica Петњица
Town
Coat of arms
Petnjica
Coordinates: 42°54′32″N 19°57′52″E / 42.90889°N 19.96444°E / 42.90889; 19.96444
Country	Montenegro
Municipality	Petnjica
Elevation	851 m (2,792 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	565
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	PT

Petnjica (Петњица) is a town in northern Montenegro, and center of Petnjica Municipality. In 2011, the population of Petnjica was 565, while the municipality population was 5,665. Petnjica regained municipality status on May 28, 2013, which it previously had from 1945 to 1957, when it was merged with the Berane Municipality. The municipality's inhabitants identify as Bosniaks by majority, the rest mostly as Muslims. It is a center of the Bihor region.

Notable people

• Osman Rastoder, commander of Sandžak Muslim militia
• Rifat Rastoder, former Deputy Speaker of the Montenegrin Parliament
• Šerbo Rastoder, historian

External links

• Petnjica and Bihor
• FC Petnjica

Petnjica Municipality Bor Commune Bor Ponor Trnavice Petnjica Commune Godočelje Johovice Lagatori Laze Paljuh Petnjica Radmance Javorova Commune Javorova Murovac Poroče Savin Bor Commune Dašča Rijeka Dobrodole Kruščica Savin Bor Trpezi Commune Johova Voda Kalica Trpezi Tucanje Commune Bare Hazane Lješnica Orahovo Tucanje Vrševo Vrbica Commune Donja Vrbica Gornja Vrbica

Seats of Montenegrin Municipalities Andrijevica Bar Berane Bijelo Polje Budva Cetinje Danilovgrad Gusinje Herceg Novi Kolašin Kotor Mojkovac Nikšić Petnjica Plav Pljevlja Plužine Podgorica Rožaje Šavnik Tivat Ulcinj Žabljak