Petnjica Municipality (Montenegrin: Opština Petnjica / Општина Петњица) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in northern Montenegro. The center is Petnjica. The Petnjica Municipality was created in 2013, when it was split from the Berane Municipality.[1]
Petnjica Municipality is divided into 7 local communities (Montenegrin Latin: mjesne zajednice, singular: mjesna zajednica) with 25 settlements (naselja, singular: naselje).[2] The local communities are: Bor (Bor and Ponor), Petnjica (Petnjica, Godočelje, Johovica, Lagatori, Lazi, Pahulj and Radmanci), Savin Bor (Savin Bor, Dašča Rijeka, Dobrodole and Kruščica), Javorova (Javorova, Murovac and Poroče), Trpezi (Trpezi and Kalica), Tucanje (Tucanje, Azane, Lješnica, Orahovo and Vrševo) and Vrbica (Upper Vrbica and Lower Vrbica).
The Village of Petnjica is the administrative center of the Petnjica Municipality, which had a population of 5,455 in 2011. The village of Petnjica itself had a population of 539. The ethnic groups in the Petnjica Municipality, according to the 2011 census: