Berane
Berane
Беране | |
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Town and municipality | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 84300 |
Area code | +382 51 |
ISO 3166-2 code | ME-03 |
Car plates | BA |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | www |
Berane (
During the medieval period the land of Berane was known as
Berane is administrative centre of municipality of the same name. There are 13 elementary schools, four high schools and four institutions of higher education. Having a solid sport infrastructure, the most successful sport collectives in the town are handball club and table tennis club. Berane is connected with rest of the country by two-lane motorways. It also has an airport which hasn’t been used for a while. In 2012, Berane celebrated 150 years since its official foundation and 100 years of being part of Montenegro.
History
In the Middle Ages, the area surrounding Berane was known as Budimlja. It was of great holistic, political, and economic importance in
During the
During
Culture, education and science
The main impact for the development of culture of this area historically, and up to recent times, came from the Serbian Orthodox Church, or it monasteries in the area: Šudikova, Đurdjevi stupovi and other, as the cornerstones of spirituality of the Serb population. That part is later to a certain extent taken over by schools, and, more and more institutions dealing with culture.
A special role in that process was that of the
There are 13 elementary schools, four secondary schools and one school for elementary musical education in municipality of Berane. Berane has four institutions of higher education: Faculty of management in transport and communications, Faculty of Teacher-training, Higher Medical School and Applied Computer engineering (study program of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica). Berane, as is usually the case with small communities, does not have a specialised scientific institution, but in spite of that fact, many prominent scientists from various scientific disciplines come from here. A remarkable contribution to science was given by, among others, chemist Vukić Mićović, bacteriologist Milutin Đurišić, geographer Milisav Lutovac, and historian Miomir Dašić.
Economy, infrastructure and sports
The municipality of Berane is one of the poorest in Montenegro. The level of industrial production is very low, since a big number of companies have stopped working in the past 15 years due to the known crisis in former Yugoslavia. In the earlier period (1960s and 1970s) many village, agricultural households have moved to the town in the process of “industrialisation”, which decreased agricultural production, and industry later collapsed so most of the population lives in difficult conditions. Many small private companies have been started recently, mostly in the areas of commerce and catering industry. There is a very small number of companies that are creating new value. Workers in those new companies have no insurance or health service, so those companies do not have a bigger positive impact on the community. Total number of employed in the municipality is approximately 3,000. However, industry is starting to come back, a coal mine has started, and new commercial buildings are popping up. More residents are finally appearing. Berane is connected with rest of Montenegro by two-lane roads. Bijelo Polje is 35 km away, where there lies the major junction (railway and the road) towards Podgorica and the coast, and to Serbia. Serbia can also be reached eastwards via Rožaje (for Novi Pazar). Berane is on the corridor of the future Bar-Boljare motorway. Berane has an airport, which hasn't been used for commercial traffic since the 1980s, although there have been plans for its revitalisation and usage as a regional airport. Podgorica Airport is some 150 km (93 mi) away, and has regular flights to and from major European destinations.
Berane has solid sport infrastructure. The most successful sport collectives are:
Demographics
Berane is administrative centre of Berane Municipality, which in 2023 had a population of 25,162. The town itself had a population of 9,923.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1948 | 3,701 | — |
1953 | 4,513 | +21.9% |
1961 | 6,969 | +54.4% |
1971 | 11,164 | +60.2% |
1981 | 12,720 | +13.9% |
1991 | 12,267 | −3.6% |
2003 | 11,776 | −4.0% |
2011 | 11,073 | −6.0% |
2023 | 9,923 | −10.4% |
Ethnic groups (2011 census)[4]
Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
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Serbs | 4,779 | 43.15% |
Montenegrins | 3,476 | 31.39% |
Bosniaks | 1,095 | 9.88% |
ethnic Muslims |
977 | 8.82% |
Albanians | 45 | 0.4% |
Croats | 22 | 0.19% |
Romani | 10 | 0.09% |
Other | 39 | 0.35% |
not declared | 400 | 3.61% |
Total | 11,073 | 100% |
Languages (2011 census)[4]
Languages | Number | Percentage |
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Serbian | 6,314 | 57.02% |
Montenegrin | 3,880 | 35.04% |
Bosnian | 304 | 2.74% |
Albanian | 42 | 0.37% |
Croatian | 7 | 0.06% |
Other | 46 | 0.41% |
not declared | 346 | 3.12% |
Total | 11,073 | 100% |
Religion (2011 census)[4]
Religion | Number | Percentage |
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Eastern Orthodox | 7,867 | 71.04% |
Islam | 2,795 | 25.24% |
Catholicism |
37 | 0.33% |
Atheism | 46 | 0.41% |
Other | 76 | 0.68% |
not declared | 230 | 2.07 |
Total | 11,079 | 100% |
Climate
Climate data for Berane (1961–1990, extremes 1950–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.2 (95.4) |
38.4 (101.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
40.4 (104.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
3.4 (38.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −28.3 (−18.9) |
−26 (−15) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−22.7 (−8.9) |
−28.3 (−18.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.7 (3.26) |
65.5 (2.58) |
63.1 (2.48) |
81.9 (3.22) |
70.9 (2.79) |
71.6 (2.82) |
60.5 (2.38) |
60.6 (2.39) |
66.3 (2.61) |
74.9 (2.95) |
114.9 (4.52) |
100.4 (3.95) |
913.3 (35.95) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 139 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
83 | 78 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 85 | 75 |
Source: Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro[5][6] |
Sports
The local football team is FK Berane, who have spent several seasons in the country's top tier. They share their Berane City Stadium with lower league side FK Napredak. The town's handball team is RK Berane.
Twin towns — sister cities
Berane is
Notable individuals
Despite all the problems, the town remains an important educational, medical, religional and sport centre having produced many successful individuals in those categories:
Artists
- Dejan Čukić, actor
- Boban Rajović, singer
- Ljubomir Bandović, actor
- Zvonko Lepetić,[a]
Athletes
- Dragoslav Jevrić, football goalkeeper[b]
- Stefan Babović, football player
- Ivan Đurković, handball player
- Sonja Barjaktarović, handball goalkeeper[c]
- Milonja Đukić, football player
- Igor Vušurović, volleyball player[d]
- Mijajlo Marsenić, handball player
- Maja Savić, handball player[e]
- Zoran Bojović, football player
- Vladan Savić, football player
- Dragan Popović, football coach
- Aleksandar Šćekić, football player
- Nemanja Šćekić, football player
- Siniša Dobrašinović, football player
- Elsad Zverotić, football player
Political, educational and historical figures
- Jevstatije I, Serbian Archbishop[f]
- Žarko Obradović, politician[g]
- Momčilo Cemović, politician
- Gavro Vuković, senator
- Fahrudin Radončić, politician
- Selmo Cikotić, politician[h]
- Šerbo Rastoder, historian
- Miomir Dašić, historian[i]
Others and related people
- Milovan Đilas, politician
- Pavle Đurišić, officer
- Radovan Zogović, poet
- Dragoslav Šekularac, football player
- Jelena Janković, tennis player
- Dragan Nikolić, actor
- Aleksandar Šapić, water polo player
- Miodrag Bulatović, novelist
Gallery
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Panorama of Berane
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Hotel Berane, one of the town's symbols, renovated in 2017
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Beach at the Lim river
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City stadium
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Šiš lake near Berane, Bjelasica mountain
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Musical school in Berane
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Jasikovac WWII monument
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Forming of the Eight Montenegrin Brigade in 1944..
References
Footnotes
- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2016). Registration of settlements and Albanian population on Kosovo. Prishtinë: Institute of History “Ali Hadri”. p. 463.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4416-2897-8.
- ^ "Preliminary results of the 2023 Census of Population, Households, and Dwellings". Monstat. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Popis 2011" [Census 2011] (Press release) (in Serbo-Croatian and English). Statistical office, Montenegro. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Climate: Berane" (in Montenegrin). Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Dnevni prosjeci i ekstremi" (in Montenegrin). Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Bratimljenje" (Press release) (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- ^ "Bratimljenje" (PDF). database.uom.me (in Montenegrin). Zajednica opština Crne Gore. January 2013. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
Notes
Notes
- ^ Prominent Croatian and Yugoslavian actor. Starred in Balkan Spy.
- ^ Member of Serbia and Montenegro for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ Member of 2012 European Women's Handball Championship winning-Montenegrin national team.
- ^ Member of winning-2000 Summer Olympics Yugoslavian Men's National Team.
- ^ Best Left Wing of the World in 2001.
- ^ The sixth Serbian Archbishop, holding the office from 1279 to 1286.
- ^ Minister of Education and Science in the Government of Serbia.
- ^ Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- ^ Member of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.