Ozrinići

For the tribe of Montenegro in Katunska nahija, see Ozrinići (tribe).
Ozrinići
Озринићи
Village
Ozrinići in 2005
Ozrinići in 2005
Ozrinići is located in Montenegro
Ozrinići
Ozrinići
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°45′14″N 18°59′07″E / 42.75389°N 18.98528°E / 42.75389; 18.98528
Country Montenegro
Municipality Nikšić
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,057
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ozrinići (Serbian Cyrillic: Озринићи) is a village in the municipality of Nikšić, Montenegro.

History

Montenegrins marching out to battle from Ozrinići.

The village was founded by five families of the Ozrinići tribe in 1597.[1] Apart from the Ozrinići descendants, from the 18th century onwards there were families that settled from Banjani, Kriči, Pješivci, and from other regions and tribes.[1]

In March 1942, during the leftist errors of the Second World War, Ozrinići was burned down by Partisans from Nikšić.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 2,024 people.

According to the 2011 census, its population was 2,057.[3]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Montenegrins 1201 58.38%
Serbs 225 10.90%
Roma 450 21.87%
other/undeclared 181 8.85%
Total 2,057 100%

References

  1. ^ a b Петар Влаховић. Гласник Етнографског музеја у Београду, књ. 64. Etnografski muzej u Beogradu. pp. 231–. GGKEY:7LRL4EYK77W.
  2. ^ Istorijski zapisi. с.н. 1987. p. 119. ...спа- љени Озринићи и Загарач, што је најдрастичнији примјер неп- равилног рада.
  3. ^ "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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