Montenegrins are the sixth largest ethnic community in the Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

 province of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. According to the 2002 census, there are 35,513 Montenegrins in Vojvodina, constituting 1.75% of the population of the province. The Montenegrin population in Vojvodina is larger than that in Central Serbia, where number of Montenegrins recorded by the 2002 census was 33,536.

Language and religion

Montenegrins in Vojvodina speak Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

 and Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

 and the supermajority are adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

. There is also an initiative for construction of the church building of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church

Montenegrin Orthodox Church

The Montenegrin Orthodox Church is an Orthodox Christian organization acting in Montenegro and Montenegrin emigration circles - e.g. the village of Lovćenac and the Montenegrin emigration colony in Argentina...

 in Lovćenac

Lovcenac

Lovćenac is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia...

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Geography

The largest concentration of Montenegrins in Vojvodina could be found in the municipalities of Vrbas (24.79%), Mali Iđoš (20.83%), and Kula

Kula (Vojvodina)

Kula is a town and municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town Kula has a population of 19,293, while the Kula municipality has a population of 48,306.- Name :...

 (16.34%). Settlements in Vojvodina with absolute or relative Montenegrin majority are: Lovćenac

Lovcenac

Lovćenac is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia...

 in the Mali Iđoš municipality with 56.86% Montenegrins, Kruščić

Krušcic

Kruščić is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kula municipality, West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village is ethnically mixed and numbering 2,353 people .-Name:...

 in the Kula

Kula (Vojvodina)

Kula is a town and municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town Kula has a population of 19,293, while the Kula municipality has a population of 48,306.- Name :...

 municipality with 32.64% Montenegrins, and Savino Selo

Savino Selo

Savino Selo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village is ethnically mixed with a population of 3,351 according to the 2002 census.-Ethnic groups:...

 in the Vrbas municipality with 38.20% Montenegrins. Formerly, the village of Bačko Dobro Polje

Backo Dobro Polje

Bačko Dobro Polje is a small village in Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is located in the South Bačka District. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Vrbas. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,929 people . In basic, the village is...

 in the Vrbas municipality also had a Montenegrin majority (According to the 1971 census, Montenegrins comprised 55.39% of population of this village, while according to the 2002 census, the current population of the village is composed of 57.17% Serbs and 38.18% Montenegrins).

Historical population

Montenegrin population in Vojvodina according to the various censuses:

• 1948: 30,589 (1.9%)
• 1953: 30,516 (1.8%)
• 1961: 34,782 (1.9%)
• 1971: 36,416 (1.9%)
• 1981: 43,304 (2.1%)
• 1991: 47,289 (2.3%)
• 2002: 35,513 (1.75%)

Organizations

The society of Montenegrins in Serbia, known as "Krstaš", is based in Lovćenac

Lovcenac

Lovćenac is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia...

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