Gusinje Municipality

Gusinje Municipality Opština Gusinje Општина Гусиње Komuna e Gucisë
Municipality
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Gusti grad
Gusinje Municipality in Montenegro
Country	Montenegro
Municipality formed	2014
Municipal seat	Gusinje
Government
• Mayor	Sanel Balić[1]
Area
• Total	157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,239
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+382 51
ISO 3166 code	ME-22
Website	opstinagusinje.me

Gusinje Municipality (Montenegrin: Opština Gusinje / Општина Гусиње; Albanian: Komuna e Gucisë) is a municipality in northern Montenegro. It is located in the upper Lim valley at an elevation of about 1,000 m (3,000 ft). It was created in 2014, when it split from Plav Municipality.^[2] Its center is the small town of Gusinje, and its biggest village in terms of territory is Vusanje. Two of Montenegro's highest mountains overlook Gusinje: Zla Kolata and Visitor. Many of Gusinje's settlements are historically linked with the Albanian Kelmendi tribe (fis). The village of Gusinje developed into a town the 17th century around a fortress built by the Ottomans to contain the Kelmendi. In the 19th century, Gusinje was a developing regional market center. It was engulfed in 1879–1880 in a struggle between the Principality of Montenegro that wanted to annex it and the League of Prizren that opposed it. After the Balkan Wars, Gusinje became part of Montenegro and in 1919 part of Yugoslavia. Today, it is part of Montenegro since its declaration of independence in 2006.