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Godinje (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Годиње) is a village in the municipality of Bar, Montenegro. It is located on a hill overlooking Lake Skadar.
Godinje
Годиње | |
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Village | |
![]() Godinje, Montenegro - old village | |
Coordinates: 42°13′N 19°07′E / 42.217°N 19.117°E | |
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Population (2011) | |
• Total | 49 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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The village is the ancestral home of the Lekovići and Nikač brotherhoods. In 1977, residents of Godinje would say in a joking manner that: "In Godinje, everyone's surname is Leković".[1] A reminder of a time when family clans lived in mountainous isolation in Montenegro.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census, its population was 49.[2]
Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
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Montenegrins | 25 | 51.0% |
Serbs | 13 | 26.5% |
other/undeclared | 11 | 22.4% |
Total | 49 | 100% |
Ancestral homes
edit- Central: Lekovići (45 houses)
- East: Perazići (19 houses)
- West: Velovići (4 houses)
- West: Nikači (17 houses).
References
edit- ^ Montenegro: Yugoslavia's "Black Mountain", by Bryan Hodgson, pg. 663—683, National Geographic, Vol. 152, No. 5, November 1977.
- ^ "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.
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