Ozrinići

Ozrinići
Озринићи
Village
Ozrinići in 2005
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)
 • Total
2,057
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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

History

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 World War II in Yugoslavia, Ozrinići was burned down by Partisans from Nikšić.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 2,057 people.

According to the 2023 census, its population was 1,911.

Ethnicity in 2023
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Montenegrins 1201 62.85%
Serbs 596 31.19%
Serbs Montenegrins 16 0.84%
other/undeclared 65 3.42%
Total 1911 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.