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Šavnik
Sign in to saveŠavnik (Cyrillic: Шавник, ) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region and administrative center of the Šavnik Municipality. It is located at the confluence of three rivers - the Bukovica, Bijela and Šavnik, at an altitude of 840 meters. It is the lowest lying settlement in the municipality.
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- Locality
- Šavnik
- Region
- Opština Šavnik
- Country
- Crna Gora / Црна Гора
- Population
- 633
- Timezone
- Europe/Podgorica
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Šavnik, Montenegro 03.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main town square in Šavnik
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Šavnik, Montenegro.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Šavnik Montenegro COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Montenegro
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Montenegro
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Montenegro
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Šavnik
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Šavnik Montenegro.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Montenegro
- Located in
- Šavnik Municipality
- Population
- 364
- Area
- 553
- Capital of
- Šavnik Municipality
- Official website
- savnik.me
- Image
- Šavnik, Montenegro 03.jpg
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- Commons category
- Šavnik
- postal code
- 81450
- inception
- 1861-00-00
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Šavnik (Cyrillic: Шавник, ) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region and administrative center of the Šavnik Municipality. It is located at the confluence of three rivers - the Bukovica, Bijela and Šavnik, at an altitude of 840 meters. It is the lowest lying settlement in the municipality.
==History== Unlike most settlements in the area, which date back several centuries, Šavnik is relatively new, founded only in 1861. It was populated by migrants from other parts of Montenegro and Herzegovina, mostly craftsmen, merchants, riflers and blacksmiths, which were needed by local farmers. The area was overgrown with willows, which the newly formed town was named after (šavice – willow branches or seams, which were used as a roof covering).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Šavnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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