Godinje

Godinje
Godinje ; Годиње
	Village
	Godinje, Montenegro - old village
	Godinje Location within Montenegro
	Coordinates:
Country	Montenegro
Municipality	Bar
Population (2011)
• Total	49
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Godinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Годиње) is a village in the municipality of Bar, Montenegro. It is located on a hill overlooking Lake Skadar.

Godinje, Montenegro - old village

Temporary "palaces" of Balša III Balšić in Godinje and Berislavić, during the war with Venice

The village is the ancestral home of the Lekovići and Nikač brotherhoods. In 1977, residents of Godinje would say in a joking manner that: "In Godinje, everyone's surname is Leković".[1] A reminder of a time when family clans lived in mountainous isolation in Montenegro.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 49.[2]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Montenegrins	25	51.0%
Serbs	13	26.5%
other/undeclared	11	22.4%
Total	49	100%

Ancestral homes

Central: Lekovići (45 houses)
East: Perazići (19 houses)
West: Velovići (4 houses)
West: Nikači (17 houses).

References

Montenegro: Yugoslavia's "Black Mountain", by Bryan Hodgson, pg. 663—683, National Geographic, Vol. 152, No. 5, November 1977.
"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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[1] Montenegro: Yugoslavia's "Black Mountain", by Bryan Hodgson, pg. 663—683, National Geographic, Vol. 152, No. 5, November 1977.

[2] "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.