Danilovgrad

Coordinates: 42°37′N 19°03′E / 42.61°N 19.05°E / 42.61; 19.05
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Danilovgrad
Даниловград
Town and municipality
World War II monument in Danilovgrad's main square
World War II monument in Danilovgrad's main square
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
81410
Area code+382 20
ISO 3166-2 codeME-07
Car platesDG
ClimateCfa
Websitehttp://danilovgrad.me/

Danilovgrad (Montenegrin: Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852, according to the 2011 census. It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgorica and Nikšić. Via villages, Danilovgrad forms part of a conurbation with Podgorica.

The town of Danilovgrad is located in the

Zeta River. It is the centre of the Danilovgrad municipality
, which has a population of 18,472.

History

In the surroundings of Danilovgrad, there are remains of Gradina (Martinići), dating back to the time of the

Nemanjić period, believed to be the birthplace of Rastko Nemanjić, also known as Saint Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church
.

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 cities of Nikšić and Podgorica were liberated from Ottoman hands, during the Congress of Berlin, its significance diminished. It was named after Nicholas' predecessor, Prince Danilo
.

World War II

On May 31, 1944, a

League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia were killed in a mass execution by Chetniks in the village of Lazine.[2][3]

During the Yugoslav Wars

From 14 to 15 April 1995, a pogrom drove out the Romani population in one of Danilovgrad's neighborhoods, Božova Glavica.[4]

On 24 March 1999, the Milovan Šaranović barracks in Danilovgrad were bombed by NATO aircraft, killing a soldier named Saša Stojić. He was the first victim of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[5]

Climate

Like many parts of Montenegro, Danilovgrad has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa according to the Köppen climate classification) with cool winters and hot, drier summers. On 8 August 2012, Danilovgrad recorded a temperature of 44.8 °C (112.6 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Montenegro.[6]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the population of the town was 5,156.[7]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Montenegrins
 3,637 70.5%
Serbs 1,118 21.7%
Albanians
 20 0.4%
Russians 14 0.3%
Croats 8 0.2%
Roma 7 0.1%
other/undeclared 352 6.8%
Total 5,156 100%

Source: Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT, Census 2011[8]

Religion (2011 Census) Number
Eastern Orthodoxy
 4,762
Islam 80
Catholicism
 23
Christians 11
Protestants
 0
Jehovah Witness
 0
Buddhist
 0
Adventist
 7
Agnosticism 0
Atheism 57
Undeclared 128
Other 83

Sports

The local football team is

KK Danilovgrad and RK Danilovgrad
is the handball club.

Transport

Danilovgrad is situated approximately halfway between two largest Montenegrin cities, Podgorica and Nikšić, on the main road that connects these two. It is also served by the Nikšić–Podgorica railway.

Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Paris, Rome and Vienna
.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Montenegro

Twin towns – sister cities

Danilovgrad is

twinned with:[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Joe Baugher. "1942 USAAF Serial Numbers (42-50027 to 42-57212)".
  2. ^ "POLOŽEN VIJENAC NA LAZINAMA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Na Lazinama (kod Danilovgrada) četnici streljali 48 članova SKOJ-a". Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Slučaj Danilovgrad" (PDF). Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. 2004.
  5. ^ Jelena Kulidžan (March 25, 2014). "Od bombardovanja do članstva u NATO". Deutsche Welle (in Serbian). Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Masters, Jeff. "2012: Earth's 10th warmest year on record, and warmest with a La Niña". Weather Underground. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  8. ^ "Popis 2011". Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  9. ^ "Bratimljenje" (PDF). database.uom.me (in Montenegrin). Zajednica opština Crne Gore. January 2013. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  10. ^ "Gminy partnerskie". grodzisk.pl (in Polish). Gmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

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