Šušanj
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Šušanj is a small town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 2,212 people. The town is located about a kilometre from Bar
Bar, Montenegro
Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 17,727...

 and its beaches are popular with local residents and tourists. During summer months the town is full of tourists staying in tourist accommodation and bars, restaurants and shops are open throughout the warmer months. The famous Belgrade - Bar railway passes through the town on its approach to Bar.

Demographics

Population of Šušanj:
  • 1948 - 307
  • 1953 - 340
  • 1961 - 580
  • 1971 - 1,328
  • 1981 - 2,520
  • 1991 - 1,324
  • 2003 - 2,212


Ethnicity in 2003
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Montenegrins  1,116 50.45%
Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 
811 36.66%
Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 
66 2.98%
Muslims
Muslims by nationality
Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 
35 1.58%
Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 
16 0.72%
Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 
14 0.63%
Macedonians
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 
9 0.40%
Roma  7 0.31%
Hungarians  5 0.22%
Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 
4 0.18%
Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 
2 0.09%
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

 
2 0.09%
Slovenes 1 0.04%
Undeclared / Undefined 99 4.48%
Unknown 8 0.36%
Others 11 0.49%
Total 2,212 100%
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