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{{Short description|Town in Montenegro}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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'''Cetinje''' ({{lang-cnr-Cyrl|Цетиње}}, {{IPA|cnr|t͡sětiɲe|pron}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Montenegro|town]] in [[Montenegro]]. It is the former royal capital ({{lang-cnr-Latn-Cyrl|prijestonica|приjестоница|separator=" / "}}) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the [[Blue Palace|official residence]] of the [[president of Montenegro]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20230530203402/https://waytomonte.com/rs/p-3268-blue-palace-in-cetinje Plavi dvorac, Cetinje]}}, waytomonte.com</ref>

According to the 2023 census, the town had a population of 12,460 while the [[Old Royal Capital Cetinje|Cetinje Municipality]] had 14,465 residents.<ref name=Monstat>{{cite web |title=Preliminary results of the 2023 Census of Population, Households, and Dwellings |url=https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1915&pageid=1708 |publisher=Monstat |access-date=25 January 2024 }}</ref> Cetinje is the centre of Cetinje Municipality. The city rests on a small [[karst]] plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including [[Lovćen|Mount Lovćen]], the legendary mountain in Montenegrin historiography. Cetinje was founded in the 15th century and became a cradle of the [[culture of Montenegro]]. Its status as the honorary capital of Montenegro is due to its heritage as a long-serving former capital of Montenegro.

==Name==
In Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, it is known as {{lang|sh-Latn|Cetinje}} ({{lang|sh-Cyrl|Цетиње}}; archaically {{lang|cu|Цетинѣ}} ({{transl|cu|Cetině}})); in [[Italian language|Italian]] as {{lang|it|Cettigne}}; in [[Greek language|Greek]] as {{lang|el|Κετίγνη}} ({{transl|el|Ketígni}}); in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] as {{lang|tr|Çetince}} (means toughly)''; and in [[Albanian language|Albanian]] as {{lang|sq|Cetina}}.

According to the written data, by the end of the 17th century, down the plain flowed the River Cetina, so that part of the town was called by that river Cetinjsko polje (The field of Cetinje). In Cetinjsko polje, at that time there used to be a small inhabited village, by which the later newly created town got name Cetinje. In the historical documents, Cetinje is mentioned for the first time in 1440.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.visit-montenegro.com/destinations/cetinje/info/history/ |title=The History of Cetinje |access-date=22 June 2022 }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Quote box |width=25em |align=right |title_bg=#B0C4DE
|title=Timeline of Cetinje <br><small>Historical affiliations</small>
|fontsize=80% |quote={{flagicon image|Flag of Zeta.svg}} [[Zeta under the Crnojevići|Principality of Zeta]], 1482–1496<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the_Ottoman_Empire.svg}} [[Ottoman Empire]], 1496–1516<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro2.svg}} [[Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro]], ([[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[vassal state]]) 1516–1696<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro2.svg}} [[Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro]], ([[Independence|Independent state]]) 1696–1852<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Montenegro (1860–1905).svg}} [[Principality of Montenegro]], 1852–1910<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Montenegro (1905–1918).svg}} [[Kingdom of Montenegro]], 1910–1916<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg}} [[Austria-Hungary]] 1916–1918<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg}} [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], 1918–1941<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg}} [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Kingdom of Italy]], ([[Italian governorate of Montenegro]]) 1941–1943<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg}} [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]], ([[German-occupied territory of Montenegro]]) 1943–1944<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Yugoslavia (1943–1946).svg}} [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia]] 1944–1946<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg}} [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] ([[Socialist Republic of Montenegro]]) 1946–1992<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg}} [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] ([[Republic of Montenegro]]) 1992–2003<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg}} [[Serbia and Montenegro]] ([[Republic of Montenegro]]) 2003–2006<br/>
{{flag|Montenegro}}, 2006–present
}}

===Founding===
[[File:Ivan Crnojević Statue.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Ivan Crnojević]]
[[File:Arrival_of_the_Post,_Cetinje,_Montenegro_WDL2610.png|thumb|right|Arrival of the Post Cetinje]]
[[File:MACKENZIE(1877)_p2.235_AFTER_THE_BATTLE_OF_GRAHOVO.jpg|thumb|right|Mackenzie (1877) after the battle of Grahovo]]
[[File:Cettinje - Albanians (W Le Queux).jpg|thumb|right|[[Albanians]] in Cetinje, 1906]]

Cetinje was founded in 1482, when [[Ivan Crnojević]] moved his capital from Obod above the [[Rijeka Crnojevića (river)|Crnojević River]] to deeper into the hills to a more easily defended location in a field at the foot of [[Mount Lovćen]]. He had his court built at the new location that year and also founded [[Old Cetinje Monastery|a monastery]] (dedicated to the Mother of Christ) as a personal endowment in 1484. His court and the monastery are the first recorded [[renaissance]] buildings in Montenegro.<ref name="DomljanKrleža.">{{Cite book |author1=Žarko Domljan |author2=Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža." |author3=Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža". |title=Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYufAAAAMAAJ |access-date=26 April 2013 |year=1984 |publisher=Zavod |page=245 |quote=Ivan Crnojević podigao dvorac, kasnije i crkvu zetske mitropolije... to su prvi datirani spomenici renesanse u Crnoj Gori }}</ref> Crnojević was forced to move the seat of the Eparchy of Zeta from [[Vranjina]] to Cetinje due to the Ottoman invasions, in 1485.<ref name=GSIKDN-89-49>{{Cite book |title=Glasnik Srpskog istorijsko-kulturnog društva "Njegoš" |volume=61–62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNjlAAAAMAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Njegoš |page=49 |quote=Николе на острво Врањина у Скадарском Језеру. Године 1485. под навалом Турака морала је бити премештена на Цетиње, где је и подигнута на степен митрополије. Она ће касније одиграти видну улогу како у верском тако и у националном животу Срба Црне Горе. }}</ref> The town was named after the Cetina river.

The bishopric of Zeta was elevated to a metropolitanate in Cetinje.<ref name=GSIKDN-89-49/> It was later to play an important part in both the religious and national life.<ref name=GSIKDN-89-49/> The [[Crnojević printing house]], the first printing house in southeastern Europe, was active between 1493 and 1496 in Cetinje.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Frederick Bernard Singleton |title=A short history of the Yugoslav peoples |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTLSZ3ucaZMC&pg=PA30 |access-date=24 July 2011 |year=1985 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-27485-2 |pages=30– }}</ref> Zeta was first put under Ottoman rule in 1499, then annexed by the Ottomans in 1514, organized into the [[Sanjak of Montenegro]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ćorović |first=Vladimir |title=Istorija Jugoslavije |author-link=Vladimir Ćorović |year=1933 |publisher=Narodno Delo |location=Beograd |url=http://sr.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_(%D0%92._%D0%8B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B)_3.11 |access-date=27 April 2011 |language=sr |quote=Год. 1499. припојена је била Црна Гора скадарском санџакату. Али, год. 1514. одвојио је султан поново и поставио јој за управника, као санџак-бега, потурченог Станишу, односно Скендер-бега Црнојевића. |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410203258/https://sr.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_(%D0%92._%D0%8B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B)_3.11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Early modern period===
In the next two centuries, the development of Cetinje stagnated. It was very often subject to attack by [[Venice]] and the Ottomans. The city therefore endured many privations in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

During this period the court and the monastery of the Crnojevići dynasty were destroyed. It was only at the end of the 17th century, in 1697, that Cetinje began to flourish again under the rule of the [[House of Petrović|Petrović dynasty]], refounded by [[Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje|Danilo Petrović]].

===Modern period===

Leading the wars of liberation and strengthening the unity in the country occupied Danilo and his successors, so they were unable to devote enough effort to the further development of Cetinje. It was only during the rule of [[Petar II Petrović Njegoš]] that far greater progress was made. In 1838 his new royal residence called [[Biljarda]] (Billiard house) was built. Cetinje was enlarged by building new houses that gradually led to genuine urbanization.
[[File:From_the_West,_Cetinje,_Montenegro_WDL2608.png|thumb|right|Cetinje]]
Many modern buildings designed for foreign consulates were built due to the newly established relations with various European countries, including the French, Russian, British, Italian and [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] consulates.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Cetinje made great progress under the rule of [[Nicholas I of Montenegro|Prince Nikola I Petrović]] when numerous public edifices were built. Those include the first hotel, called 'Lokanda', then the new Prince's palace, the Girls' Institute and the hospital. This period also saw the first tenancy houses. In the 1860 census Cetinje had 34 households. After initially holding off Ottoman incursions in [[Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–53)|1852 and 1853]], Cetinje was captured by Ottoman [[Omar Pasha]]'s forces during the [[Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–62)|Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1861–62]]. Ottoman rule over Montenegro did not last much more than a decade however, as 14 years later the [[Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78)|"Great War"]], the third successive contest between the two nations, ended in Montenegrin victory, with most previously-Montenegrin territory returning to their control.

[[File:MonasterioYPalacioDelObispoCetinje--balkansfromwithi00wyonuoft.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cetinje Monastery]]]]

Montenegrin independence was recognized at the [[Berlin Congress|Congress of Berlin]] of 1878 and consequently Cetinje became the capital of a European country. Between 1878 and 1914 Cetinje flourished in every sense. Many renowned intellectuals from other South-Slavic parts came to stay there and made a contribution to the cultural, educational and every other aspect of life. Montenegro was proclaimed a kingdom in 1910. This had a great effect on Cetinje's development. At this time the Government House, the symbol of state power, was built. The population census from the same year recorded a massive growth in the world's smallest capital, registering 5,895 inhabitants.

In the [[Interwar period]], Cetinje expanded its territory, as it was now a centre of the Zeta region. But when it was decided by the Parliament of Montenegro that the administrative organs should be located in Titograd (previously and presently [[Podgorica]]), Cetinje went through a harsh crisis. By building certain industrial sections and at the same time neglecting the development of the city's traditional and potential cultural and tourist capacities, the chance to create a strong basis for more solid prosperity was lost.

When Communist forces captured Cetinje in November 1944 the only population that stayed in the town were people who believed they have no reason to fear or hide from anybody.<ref>{{Harv|Fleming|2002|p=150}}: "As Partisan units entered Cetinje, Podgorica, Niksic, and the Littoral in November 1944, the only remaining inhabitants were people who assumed that they had nothing to hide or nothing to fear. They were swiftly disabused"</ref> Still, as soon as Communists captured Cetinje, in the night of 13 November 1944, they [[Cetinje massacre|shot without any trial 28 citizens of Cetinje]].{{Sfn|Vujović|2003|p=176 |ps=: "У ноћи „дугих ножева" без икаквог су- ђења побијено је, да се зна, 28 грађана Цетиња. Међу њима су били професори: Илија и Михаило Зорић, Јоко Грујичић, др Јован ..."}} They were all summarily executed at "New Cemetery" of Cetinje in Humci.<ref>{{Harv|Fleming|2002|p=151}}:" ... and summarily shot them at Humci, Cetinje's "New Cemetery" "</ref>

On 12 August 2022, [[2022 Cetinje shooting|a mass shooting]] occurred in Cetinje, in which eleven people died, including the perpetrator, and six others were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=Direktor policije Crne Gore: Ubijena deca starosti osam i 11 godina |url=https://rs.n1info.com/region/direktor-policije-crne-gore-ubijena-deca-starosti-osam-i-11-godina/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813013259/https://rs.n1info.com/region/direktor-policije-crne-gore-ubijena-deca-starosti-osam-i-11-godina/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=Mass Shooting in Montenegro Leaves 11 Dead |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/08/12/mass-shooting-in-montenegro-leaves-11-dead/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813013255/https://balkaninsight.com/2022/08/12/mass-shooting-in-montenegro-leaves-11-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 January 2025, another [[2025 Cetinje shootings|mass spree shooting]] occurred in Cetinje, in which fourteen people, including the perpetrator, were killed and three others were injured. The two mass shootings that have occurred in the same town are the deadliest in Montenegro's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milic |first=Predrag |date=1 January 2025 |title=An armed man kills at least 10 people, including 2 children, in a shooting rampage in Montenegro |url=https://apnews.com/article/montenegro-shooting-cetinje-bar-6b5bfe0a02341ef400eda318385f316b |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=1 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101184452/https://apnews.com/article/montenegro-shooting-cetinje-bar-6b5bfe0a02341ef400eda318385f316b |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Administration ==
Cetinje is governed by mayor and the Old Royal Capital Government. Since December 2021, the mayor of Old Royal Capital Cetinje is Nikola Đurašković ([[Social Democratic Party of Montenegro|SDP]]).

=== National institutions ===
Although [[Podgorica]] is the capital of Montenegro, Cetinje is the seat of numerous national institutions of Montenegro. The [[official residence]] of the [[president of Montenegro]] is in Cetinje, called the [[Blue Palace]] owing to the colour of its walls. Cetinje is the seat of Montenegrin, [[National Museum of Montenegro]], National library and [[State Archives of Montenegro]].

=== Administrative and operational bodies ===
Administrative and operational bodies of local administration are secretaries, administrations, directorates, managements and services. There are six secretariats in the Old Royal Capital Cetinje: The Secretariat for [[Local Government]], the Secretariat of [[Finance]] and Enterprise Development, the Secretariat of [[Spatial Planning]] and [[Environment Protection]], the Secretariat for [[Utilities]] and [[Transport]], the Secretariat for [[Culture]] and [[Sport]] and The Secretariat for [[Social Affairs]] and [[Youth]]. Other administrative bodies are Management of public revenue, Directorate for [[Property]], Directorate of [[Investment]] and [[Economic development|Development]] and Center for [[Information System]]. Operational bodies are Mayor's Service, Service of Chief Administrator, the [[City Manager]]'s Service, [[Public relations]] Bureau, Common Affairs Service, Protection service and Communal Police.

== Municipal Parliament (2021–2025)==
''Skupština Prijestonice Cetinje'' is the Parliament of Old Royal Capital Cetinje. Local parliament is made up of 33 deputies, or ''odbornici'' (councillors) in Montenegrin. It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the ''Predsjednik Skupštine'' (President of Parliament).

The composition of the parliament as of 2021 is as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
!colspan=2|Party / Coalition
!Seats
!Local government
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (2021)}}" |
| [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]]
| {{Composition bar|10|33|hex={{party color|Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (2021)}}}}
| {{no|Opposition}}
|-
! style="background-color: #E90007" |
| [[Social Democratic Party of Montenegro|SDP]]
| {{Composition bar|8|33|hex=#E90007}}
| {{yes|Government}} 
|-
! style="background-color: #00cc55" |
| [[United Reform Action|URA]]
| {{Composition bar|4|33|hex=#00cc55}}
| {{yes2|Support}}
|-
! style="background-color: gray " |
| ZEP
| {{Composition bar|4|33|hex=gray}}
| {{no|Opposition}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Montenegro}}" |
| [[Democratic Montenegro|DCG]] 
| {{Composition bar|3|33|hex={{party color|Democratic Montenegro}}}}
| {{yes2|Support}}
|-
! style="background-color: #008000" |
| [[Liberal Alliance of Montenegro|SGLSCG]]
| {{Composition bar|3|33|hex=#008000}}
| {{yes|Government}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party colour| Social Democrats of Montenegro}}" |
| [[Social Democrats of Montenegro|SD]]
| {{Composition bar|1|33|hex={{party colour| Social Democrats of Montenegro}}}}
| {{no|Opposition}}
|}

=== Local subdivisions ===
{{Main|Subdivisions of Cetinje}}
There are two city settlements in the Old Royal Capital – Cetinje and [[Rijeka Crnojevića]].

Old Royal Capital Cetinje is divided into 23 local community bodies (''mjesne zajednice'') in which the citizens participate in decisions on matters of relevance to the local community.

=== Settlements ===
The ''prijestonica'' of Cetinje is divided into two urban settlements: Cetinje and [[Rijeka Crnojevića]], and 92 rural settlements: Bajice, Barjamovica, Bijele Poljane, Bjeloši, Bobija, Boguti, Bokovo, Češljari, [[Čevo]], Dide, Dobrska Župa, Dobrsko Selo, Dodoši, Donja Zaljut, Donje Selo, Dragomi Do, Drušići, Dubovik, Dubovo, Dugi Do, Dujeva, Đalci, Đinovići, Erakovići, Gađi, Gornja Zaljut, Gornji Ceklin, Grab, Gradina, Građani, Izvori, Jankovići, Jezer, Kobilji Do, Kopito, Kosijeri, Kranji Do, Kućišta, Lastva, Lipa, Lješev Stub, Majstori, Malošin Do, Markovina, Meterizi, Mikulići, Milijevići, Mužovići, [[Njeguši]], Obzovica, Očinići, Oćevići, Ožegovice, Pačarađe, Pejovići, Petrov Do, Poda, Podbukovica, Prediš, Prekornica, Prentin Do, Prevlaka, Proseni Do, Radomir, Raičevići, Resna, Riječani, Rokoči, Rvaši, Ržani Do, Smokovci, Šinđon, Štitari, Tomići, Trešnjevo, Trnjine, Uba, Ubli, Ublice, Ugnji, Ulići, [[Velestovo, Montenegro|Velestovo]], Vignjevići, Vojkovići, Vrba, Vrela, Vuči Do, Zabrđe, Začir, Zagora, [[Žabljak Crnojevića]] and Žanjev Do.

== Geography ==
Cetinje is situated in the karst field (Cetinje field) of about {{cvt|7|km2}}, with average height above sea level of {{cvt|671|m}}. It is {{cvt|12|km}} of airline far from Adriatic Sea and {{cvt|15|km}} from Skadar Lake. Now, it is on the main road Podgorica-Cetinje-Budva, which makes it open to the interior of Montenegro and the Montenegrin coast.
{{wide image|Cetinje_banner.jpg|1000px|Cetinje panoramic view.}}

=== Climate ===
Cetinje has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Cfb''), with relatively dry and warm summers, and mild and wet winters.

Cetinje is well known for its plentiful precipitations, and is one of the rainiest towns in Europe with around {{cvt|3,300|mm|0}} of precipitation annually. Although abundant in precipitation, the Cetinje field and its surroundings do not have water flows on the surface and water sources are scarce. This is a consequence of the karst configuration and its geologic structure.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Cetinje (1961–1990, extremes 1946–present)
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan record high C = 19.1
|Feb record high C = 22.8
|Mar record high C = 23.2
|Apr record high C = 27.8
|May record high C = 31.4
|Jun record high C = 35.1
|Jul record high C = 38.2
|Aug record high C = 39.0
|Sep record high C = 36.0
|Oct record high C = 29.6
|Nov record high C = 25.1
|Dec record high C = 18.5
|year record high C = 39.0
|Jan high C = 6.4
|Feb high C = 7.3
|Mar high C = 10.6
|Apr high C = 14.7
|May high C = 20.0
|Jun high C = 23.7
|Jul high C = 27.2
|Aug high C = 27.1
|Sep high C = 23.2
|Oct high C = 17.9
|Nov high C = 12.2
|Dec high C = 8.0

|Jan mean C = 0.6
|Feb mean C = 1.6
|Mar mean C = 4.6
|Apr mean C = 8.9
|May mean C = 13.8
|Jun mean C = 17.2
|Jul mean C = 19.7
|Aug mean C = 18.9
|Sep mean C = 14.8
|Oct mean C = 9.8
|Nov mean C = 5.7
|Dec mean C = 2.1

|Jan low C = -4.0
|Feb low C = -2.9
|Mar low C = -0.4
|Apr low C = 3.2
|May low C = 7.3
|Jun low C = 10.2
|Jul low C = 12.0
|Aug low C = 11.4
|Sep low C = 8.4
|Oct low C = 4.0
|Nov low C = 1.0
|Dec low C = -2.3

|Jan record low C = −22.8
|Feb record low C = −19.9
|Mar record low C = −15.4
|Apr record low C = -9.0
|May record low C = -1.5
|Jun record low C = 0.5
|Jul record low C = 4.0
|Aug record low C = 4.5
|Sep record low C = -2.9
|Oct record low C = -9.3
|Nov record low C = −12.3
|Dec record low C = −20.4
|year record low C = −22.8
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 429.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 351.1
| Mar precipitation mm = 368.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 277.3
| May precipitation mm = 157.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 100.6
| Jul precipitation mm = 66.3
| Aug precipitation mm = 112.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 191.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 293.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 499.9
| Dec precipitation mm = 455.8

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 13
|Feb precipitation days = 13
|Mar precipitation days = 14
|Apr precipitation days = 13
|May precipitation days = 11
|Jun precipitation days = 10
|Jul precipitation days = 7
|Aug precipitation days = 7
|Sep precipitation days = 7
|Oct precipitation days = 11
|Nov precipitation days = 15
|Dec precipitation days = 15

|Jan humidity = 84
|Feb humidity = 84
|Mar humidity = 80
|Apr humidity = 77
|May humidity = 76
|Jun humidity = 75
|Jul humidity = 70
|Aug humidity = 72
|Sep humidity = 80
|Oct humidity = 83
|Nov humidity = 86
|Dec humidity = 87

|source 1 = Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro<ref name = HMSM>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meteo.co.me/page.php?id=40 |title=Climate: Cetinje |publisher=Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=Montenegrin |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105083105/http://meteo.co.me/page.php?id=40 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = extremes>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meteo.co.me/page.php?id=41 |title=Dnevni prosjeci i ekstremi |publisher=Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=Montenegrin |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224102749/http://www.meteo.co.me/page.php?id=41 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|date = January 2018}}

== Demographics ==
According to the Montenegro statistical office, in 2023 in the town of Cetinje lived 12,460 inhabitants. According to the number of inhabitants, Cetinje is one of the medium units of local government in Montenegro. [[Old Royal Capital Cetinje|Cetinje Municipality]] has a population of 14,465.

{{Historical populations
|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje(1).pdf |title=Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine |publisher=MONSTAT |access-date=12 July 2011 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221163249/http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje%281%29.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Monstat/>
|1948|9038 
|1953|9102 
|1961|9359 
|1971|11876 
|1981|14088 
|1991|15946 
|2003|15137 
|2011|13918
|2023|12460
|footnote=
}}

===Ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="150px"|Ethnicity
!width="80px"|Number
!width="80px"|Percentage
|-
| [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]] || 12,705 || 91.3%
|-
| [[Serbs of Montenegro|Serbs]] || 539 || 3.9%
|-
| [[Albanians of Montenegro|Albanians]] || 37 || 0.3%
|-
| [[Croats of Montenegro|Croats]] || 37 || 0.3%
|-
| [[Roma people|Roma]] || 28 || 0.2%
|-
| other and undeclared || 572 || 4.1%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''13,918'''|| '''100%'''
|}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="150px"|Language
!width="80px"|Number
!width="80px"|Percentage
|-
| [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] || 11,656 || 83.8%
|-
| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || 1,426 || 10.2%
|-
| [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]] || 226 || 1.6%
|-
| other and undeclared || 610 || 4.4%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''13,918'''|| '''100%'''
|}

===Religion===
Source: Statistical Office of Montenegro – MONSTAT, Census 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/podaci%20naselja/Tabela%20N1.xls |title=Popis 2011 |access-date=29 September 2011 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215110358/http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/podaci%20naselja/Tabela%20N1.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!width="100px"|Religion
!width="80px"|Number
!width="80px"|Percentage
|-
|[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro|Eastern Orthodoxy]]||12,844||92.28%
|-
|[[Irreligion in Montenegro|Atheism]]||233||1.67%
|-
|[[Catholic Church in Montenegro|Catholicism]]||133||0.95%
|-
|[[Islam in Montenegro|Islam]]||103||0.74%
|-
|Other||178||1.27%
|-
|not declared||364||2.61%
|-
|'''Total'''||'''13,918'''||'''100%'''
|}

== Economy ==
=== Public works ===
[[File:Coat of arms of Cetinje (Pre WW2).png|180px|thumb|left|Coat of arms of Cetinje until 1945.]]
After the decades of stagnation, the new city government began a lot of projects with the intention to revitalise the infrastructure, business and to gain a higher promotion of Cetinje in cultural, touristic and other parts. Some of that projects were the reconstruction of Cetinje Historical Core (Main Street – Njegoševa, Main Town Square, Students' Square), ''Beautiful Cetinje'' (first energy-efficiency project in Montenegro), reconstruction of the City Market, valorisation of [[Lipa Cave]], renovation of the first hospital building in Montenegro, building a completely new utilities system, construction of a new main road at the entrance to the town, the largest fine arts university complex in the region etc. During the past period, Cetinje became first Montenegrin city which is covered by the free wi-fi signal.

=== Promotion ===
To promote Cetinje as not only cultural and artist capital of Montenegro but the whole region too, during 2012 and 2013 the city government organized events in which participated globally famous artists such as [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Marina Abramović]], [[Gerard Depardieu]], [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] and [[Rem Koolhaas]], who were guests of Cetinje during that period.

The most significant project for the future is a cable-car from Kotor to Cetinje, and tender was launched in August 2016.{{update inline|date=September 2022}}

== Transport ==
Cetinje is connected to [[Podgorica]] and [[Budva]] through three-lane motorways. Both towns are about {{cvt|30|km|mi}} away from Cetinje. Another road to Podgorica is built on the coast of [[Skadar lake]].

There is also a historic old road from Cetinje to [[Kotor]], which is not of premium quality, but which overlooks the [[Bay of Kotor]]. As of Spring 2018, this was being upgraded.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Previously there was a railway line from Cetinje to [[Bar, Montenegro|Bar]] along the banks of [[Lake Skadar]], which transported both passengers and cargo. There are no remains of this railway line.

[[Tivat Airport]] is {{cvt|50|km|mi}} away, and there are regular flights to [[Belgrade]] and [[Zürich]], and dozens of charter planes land daily at Tivat airport during the summer season.

[[Podgorica Airport]] is {{cvt|55|km|mi}} away, and it has regular flights to major European destinations throughout the year.

== Culture ==
[[File:AX Cetinje Zetski Dom-20060818.jpg|thumb|right|"Zetski Dom" Theatre]]

Cetinje has been the cultural and educational centre of Montenegro for five centuries. There are five republic institutions: Đurđe Crnojević Central National Library, the National Museum of Montenegro, the Archives of Montenegro, the Republic Institute for Preserving Cultural Heritage and the Zetski Dom Montenegrin Royal National Theatre. All these institutions keep, process, and provide public access to enormous literary treasure, and protect both mobile and immobile cultural monuments throughout Montenegro. The oldest – and for a long time the most important – cultural institution in the town is the [[Cetinje Monastery|monastery of Cetinje]]. Cetinje is recognized as a "[[Design Cities (UNESCO)|Design City]]" by [[UNESCO]]'s [[Creative Cities Network]].

=== Architecture and urban heritage ===
[[File:Biljarda spolja.jpg|thumb|Biljarda – Museum of [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš]]]]

The onset and development of Cetinje, as a relatively young city, with its old historical core draws a lot of attention to urban and architectural heritage, on its construction and development influenced stormy historical, social and economic events in the country.

Cetinje as a settlement has existed for 500 years, which is a relatively short period of time compared to the development of the coastal agglomeration of the ancient period in the immediate surroundings. However, these five centuries comprise the whole history of a people, who, through the development of city recorded moments of their origin, ascent, stagnation and downs.

Cetinje as an urban agglomeration can be said to have formed suddenly, which makes it very specific. In fact, since the 1870s, for almost fifty years, there was, in the urban context, designed and typological characteristic areas formed with urban-type residential home ground floors and multi-storey houses with developed attics, created and developed in closed urban blocks, in a street – house – garden layout.
[[File:Russian embassy in Cetinje.jpg|thumb|left|Former Russian embassy in Cetinje]]
Along with the development of this type of urban city blocks and residential buildings, the city has developed substantial public architecture, which was built under the influence of foreign builders with the application of various architectural styles, and which then and now is a representative architectural backbone of the city.

Between the two world wars, characterized by the loss of Montenegrin statehood and noticeable stagnation of the architectural development of the city, Cetinje continues the tradition of formed, then already traditional type of urban residential houses and closed urban blocks, but they built the first modern multi-storey residential buildings for collective housing, and modern public institutions necessary for the then social life.

In the fastest and most important period of the development of Cetinje, since the 1870s until the First World War, which was then the smallest European old capital, was created and developed city on the principles the European metropolises of that time in whose architectural activity of the city was engaged many foreign architects, engineers, builders and craftsmen.
[[File:Голубой_дворец_в_Цетине.jpg|thumb|The Blue Palace, where the president of Montenegro resides.]]
The development of Cetinje in this period was followed by many important historical and social events. So the second half of the nineteenth century in the development of Cetinje marked a period of state power and its pursuit of European culture and international recognition. The recognition of Montenegro as an independent state, at the Berlin Congress in 1878, on the basis of which it greatly expanded, began a period of rapid creation of a national, economic, social, cultural, societal and spatial superstructure which caused an increase of economic power and the reorganization and improvement of the state apparatus and the authorities. During this period, Cetinje, as the old royal capital, gained even greater national and international significance and experienced rapid socio–economic, institutional, and urban development.

Without taking into consideration the possibilities and efforts which Cetinje was realized as a relatively small and young city, it occupies an important place in terms of conceptual, social and urban transformation of other cities in Montenegro, particularly since the second half of the nineteenth century until the First World War. Based on that and the facts about today's relatively well-preserved urban heritage, Cetinje has been recognised for its significant architectural heritage.

=== Printing houses in Cetinje ===
[[File:AX_Cetinje_President_Palace_Entrance_20060818a.jpg|thumb|left|Montenegro Ministry of culture]]

Cetinje has a rich publishing and printing tradition. The [[Printing House of Crnojevići]] (1492–1496) and the books published there are of great importance for Montenegrin culture and history as well as for the culture of other Orthodox [[Balkans|Balkan]] peoples. Its greatest contribution refers to spreading [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] type. Thus, it represents an important link in a chain of world culture. There were a number of printing houses that continued this great printing tradition. These are: Njegoš Printing House, which operated between 1833 and 1839 and the State Printing House which was founded in 1858. It was renamed in 1952. Since then it has been known as ''Obod''.

Since their foundation to the present day, Cetinje printing houses have published over 3,000 books, a major contribution to the Montenegrin cultural heritage. The first Montenegrin literary and scientific annual, ''Grlica'' (Turtledove), was published in 1835, while the first Montenegrin newspaper, 'The Montenegrin', was established in 1871. Since then, sixty different newspapers and over thirty magazines have been published. In 1914, as a town of fewer than 6,000 inhabitants, Cetinje supported six different daily newspapers.

=== Libraries ===
[[File:Former Italian Embassy in Cetinje, Montenegro.jpg|thumb|left|[[National Library of Montenegro]]]]

The oldest libraries of Montenegro, where the oldest books and documentation of great value are preserved, are located at Cetinje. This makes Cetinje internationally recognized as well. The oldest library among these is the Library of Cetinje Monastery, which was founded by the end of the 15th century at the time when the Printing House of Crnojevići started operating. Today, seventy-five old manuscripts written in Cyrillic, then four [[incunabula]], and many old [[liturgical book]]s are kept there.<ref name="Jugoslovenski književni leksikon">{{Cite book |author=Lazar Čurčić |editor=Živan Milisavac |date=1971 |title=Jugoslovenski književni leksikon |trans-title=Yugoslav Literary Lexicon |publisher=[[Matica srpska]] |language=sh |location=[[Novi Sad]] ([[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina|SAP Vojvodina]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]]) |page=61 }}</ref>

The first public reading room in Montenegro known as The Reading Room of Cetinje was founded in 1896. Since its founding it has been the cultural centre of Montenegro. The fruitful activity of this reading room was continued by the Town Library and the [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš|Njegoš]] reading room, which offers over 63,000 books and volumes of periodicals.

The school libraries of Cetinje also have a long tradition. The library of the oldest school at Cetinje today known as [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš|Njegoš Elementary School]] dates back to 1834, the library of the clerical college and the Carica Marija Girls' Institute dates back to 1869, and the library of the [[Cetinje Gymnasium]] to 1880.

=== Museums ===
[[File:Vladin_Dom_(Dom_Rządowy)_w_Cetinje_01.jpg|thumb|right|Art Museum and Historical Museum.]]

Museums in Cetinje include:<ref>{{Cite book |last1=de Giorgio |first1=Cynthia |title=St John's Co-Cathedral – Valletta |date=2007 |publisher=Heritage Books (a subsidiary of Midsea Books Ltd) |location=[[Santa Venera]] |isbn=9789993271710 }}</ref>

* Museum of the Cetinje Monastery
* State Museum
* "Petar Petrovic Njegoš" Museum
* Ethnographic Museum
* Electric Industry Museum
* History Museum
* Art Museum
* Money Museum

All these except the Museum of the Cetinje Monastery, the Money Museum and Electric Industry Museum are integrated in one institution called the [[National Museum of Montenegro]]. Numerous museums and the huge fund of museum items that are kept there established Cetinje's reputation as a museum town.

Cetinje has always been a cultural centre. Every second year the international art exhibition called ''Cetinje Biennial'' is held there. Its founder is [[Nikola, Prince of Montenegro|Prince Nikola Petrović]], great-grandson to [[King Nikola I]].

=== Main sights ===
Cetinje has a number of attractions, including [[Cetinje Monastery]], [[Vlaška church]] (built in 1450, with its fence made out of barrels of captured enemy rifles), Biljarda, several museums, Zetski dom royal theatre and historic foreign embassies. Many of the old embassies and other administrative buildings are now schools of various kinds, and the town has many young people.
[[File:Vlah Church 2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Vlaška Church]]]]

Close to Cetinje (about {{cvt|5|km|mi}}) the [[Lipa cave]] (''Lipska pecina'') is situated, one of the biggest caves in the former Yugoslavia. Its entrance is located in the village of Lipa and it ends in the mountains directly over the Adriatic Sea. After project of Municipality of Cetinje and company 'Lipa Cave', the cave is restored and opened for public in July 2015. Today the cave is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cetinje and Montenegro,{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} similar to [[Postojna Cave]] in Slovenia.

One of the most visited destinations of Cetinje is the mausoleum of [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš]] on the mountain Lovćen. The mausoleum is accessible by car from Cetinje, which is {{cvt|13|km|mi}} away.  Apart from the surrounding natural environment of beech, oak and linden tree forests, there is a unique freshness of [[Lovćen#National park|Lovćen national park]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} The mausoleum is situated at the Jezerski vrh (Jezerski peak), in the height of {{cvt|1660|m|ft}}, and it officially represents the highest mausoleum in the world.

In the past few years there has been a plan of enlisting the old historic core of the city of Cetinje as a UNESCO world heritage site. With this, Cetinje hopes to rebuild and restore the old historic core and the façades of its buildings. Cetinje is becoming more and more popular with tourists so the locals started painting their houses in vivid colors, the local government started quite a number of projects to restore the buildings, the markets and façades of the city of Cetinje.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

=== Religion ===
[[File:Cetinje monastery.jpg|thumb|Cetinje Monastery.]]

Cetinje is also the seat of the [[Eparchy of Montenegro and the Littoral]] of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], and [[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]].

Seat of the Eparchy of Montenegro and the Littoral is situated in Cetinje Monastery. Seat of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church is situated in the Chapel in Gruda quarter.

=== Festivals ===
Today, Cetinje is home of one of the most popular cultural events in Montenegro – 'Summer at the Old Royal Capital'. It is the artist festival with almost 100 events, which held yearly, from June to September. During that period, visitors can attend the gigs of regional artist stars at the most significant city locations, but in the villages too. During the 'Summer at the Old Royal Capital', there are festivals like 'Royal Fest' (hard rock, alternative), 'Cetinje Jazz Fest', 'Espressivo' (classical music), 'Cucka jeka' (Kobilji Do), 'Riječka noć' (Rijeka Crnojevića), 'Njeguško ljeto' (Lovćen and Njeguši), 'Folklor' etc. Events during the 'Summer at the Old Royal Capital' attend about 50,000 visitors.

There are more festivals and events during the whole year, like 'Christmas Concerts' (7/8 January), Independence Day event (21 May), 'MIT Fest' (alternative theatre festival) etc.

==Sport==
The most popular sports in Cetinje are [[football (soccer)|football]], [[team handball|handball]] and [[basketball]].

===Football===
Football in Cetinje has a very long tradition associated with [[FK Lovćen Cetinje]], oldest football club in Montenegro. FK Lovćen was founded on 20 June 1913. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Montenegro.

The best results in the past were achieved before WW2, when they won few Montenegrin Championships, and in 1956 in qualifications for the first national league. In 1947, Lovćen was juvenile club champion. FK Lovćen now competes in the [[Montenegrin First League]]. During the season 2013/14, Lovćen won second place. On 21 May 2014, Lovćen won the Montenegrin Cup, which was the first national trophy in the club's history.

Another club from Cetinje is [[FK Cetinje]], formed in 1975. They play in the Montenegrin Third League and share the [[Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski]] with Lovćen.

===Handball===
Formed at 1949, [[RK Lovćen|Handball club "Lovćen"]] is among oldest handball clubs in Montenegro. During the decades, especially from 80's until today, Lovćen became most successful Montenegrin men's handball club, but the most trophied team from Old Royal Capital Cetinje. There is huge number of great Montenegrin, Yugoslav and European players which produced handball school of Lovćen.

From the 1988 until today, Lovćen played 23 seasons in the First Handball League of [[SFR Yugoslavia]], [[FR Yugoslavia]] and [[Montenegro]]. Five times, club from Cetinje won the champions' title – in the seasons ''1999/00, 2000/01, 2006/07, 2011/12'' and ''2012/13''.

Most trophies in the club history, Lovćen won in the national Cup. Club from Cetinje holds 2 winner titles in the Cup of [[FR Yugoslavia]] and five in the [[Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup|Montenegrin Cup]]. Lovćen hold Cup trophies from the seasons ''2001/02, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13''.

Lovćen is member of [[SEHA League|Regional SEHA League]] since its inception. Today, Lovćen is the only SEHA League member from Montenegro. In their first SEHA League season, Lovćen made surprising result, with final placement on 6th position. Year after that, Lovćen finished season on the same table position. In the season 2013/14, because of new SEHA League criteria, SRC Lovćen hall was reconstructed, with changing capacity from 1,500 to 2,020.

Handball club Lovćen is permanent member of European handball competitions since 1997. The greatest result Lovćen made during the [[2000–01 EHF Champions League|EHF Champions League 2000/01]] when they participated in the quarterfinals against [[THW Kiel]]. Until today, Lovćen played 65 games in European Competitions.

"B" team of Lovćen is HC Cepelin-Lovćen, which in past competed in First league. Today, Cepelin-Lovćen is playing in Second league.

===Basketball===
Basketball club Lovćen is one of the oldest sport clubs in Cetinje. It was founded in 1947. The best results were achieved in 1997/98 season, when it was scored at the 6th place of the National basketball league. This provided participation at international competition "Radivoje Korac Cup."
Today, it competes in the first A league of Montenegro. 
Second club is BC Cetinje, formed in 1997.

===Other sports===
During the past, in Cetinje existed [[Volleyball]] club "Lovćen". It competed in Republic League and was among best Montenegrin clubs in that sport. VC "Lovćen" is not active anymore.

Today, there are dozens of active clubs. Table-tennis club "Lovćen" is among two most successful [[table tennis]] clubs in Montenegro during last four decades. Other clubs are [[Racing]] team "Lovćen", [[Judo]] club "Crnogorac", [[Karate]] club "Lovćen", [[Boxing]] club "Lovćen", Women basketball club "Lovćen" and others.

===Venues===
Cetinje has a number of sporting venues. The main sporting venues on Cetinje are:

* [[Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski]], with capacity of 5,192 seats.
* Sports Center Cetinje, a multi functional indoor sport facility. It has a capacity of 2,020 seats.
* New small football field of FK Lovćen, with capacity of 1,000 seats with lights for night games.

== Notable people ==
{{Main category|People from Cetinje}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00061, Elena von Montenegro.jpg|thumb|[[Elena of Montenegro]]]]
[[File:Krsto Zrnov Popovic.jpg|thumb|Krsto Zrnov Popović]]
* [[Ivan Crnojević]] – Lord of Zeta and the founder of Cetinje
* [[Đurađ Crnojević]] – last Montenegrin medieval Lord of Zeta
* [[Arsenije III Čarnojević]], Patriarch of Peć
* [[Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje|Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš]] – Metropolitan of Cetinje and the founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš
* [[Sava Petrović (prince-bishop)|Sava Petrović]] – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
* [[Arsenije Plamenac]] – Metropolitan of Cetinje
* [[Petar I Petrović-Njegoš]] – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
* [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš]] – Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher
* [[Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro|Prince Danilo I]] – Prince of Montenegro
* [[Nicholas I of Montenegro|Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš]] – King of Montenegro
* [[Milena of Montenegro]] – Queen of Montenegro
* [[Elena of Montenegro]], Queen of Italy
* [[Princess Milica of Montenegro]]
* [[Princess Anastasia of Montenegro]]
* [[Danilo II, Crown Prince of Montenegro]]
* [[Princess Anna of Montenegro]]
* [[Prince Mirko of Montenegro]]
* [[Princess Zorka of Montenegro]]
* [[Princess Xenia of Montenegro]]
* [[Princess Vjera of Montenegro]]
* [[Mirko Petrović-Njegoš]] – was a Montenegrin military commander, politician and poet
* [[Krsto Zrnov Popovic]], officer of the Montenegrin Army 
* [[George, Crown Prince of Serbia]]
* [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]]
* [[Branko Kostić]] – Yugoslav politician, businessman, university professor
* [[Dado (painter)|Dado]], painter
* [[Petar Lubarda]], painter
* [[Milo Milunović]], painter
* [[Dimitrije Popović]], painter, sculptor, philosopher
* [[Miloš Vušković]], painter, illustrator and caricaturist
* [[Dragoljub Đuričić]], percussionist
* [[Žarko Laušević]], actor
* [[Frédéric Rossif]] – French film and television director
* [[Slavko Perović]], politician
* [[Miodrag Perunović]], boxer, European amateur champion
* [[Goran Vujević]], Yugoslav volleyball player and Olympic champion
* [[Milutin Pajević]], former football player and manager
* [[Nikola Jovanović (footballer, born 1952)|Nikola Jovanović]], former football player
* [[Mirko Stojanović]], former football player
* [[Veselin Vujović]], former handball player
* [[Vuko Borozan]], handball player, National Team Montenegro, Vardar
* [[Veselin Vujović]], former handball player, Olympic and World champion, [[IHF World Player of the Year]]
* [[Veljko Uskoković]], water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist and European champion
* [[Žarko Marković (handballer)|Žarko Marković]], handball player 
* [[Draško Mrvaljević]], handball player
* [[Aleksandar Bogdanović (politician)|Aleksandar Bogdanović]] – politician
* [[Petar Kapisoda]], handball player
* [[Filip Kapisoda]], male model and celebrity
* [[Milica Dabović]], basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist and European champion
* [[Miloš Karadaglić]] – classical guitarist
* [[Ana Dabović]], basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist and European champion
* [[Miloš Nikić]], volleyball player and European champion
* [[Danka Kovinić]] – tennis player
* [[Marija Vuković]] – athlete specializing in the high jump

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Montenegro}}

Cetinje is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnerski gradovi |url=http://www.cetinje.me/cetinje/site_mne/public/index.php/index/artikli?id=40 |website=bar.me |publisher=Cetinje |language=cnr |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-date=2 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202014538/http://www.cetinje.me/cetinje/site_mne/public/index.php/index/artikli?id=40 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bratimljenje |url=http://www.uom.co.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bratimljenje-m2-3.pdf |website=database.uom.me |publisher=Zajednica opština Crne Gore |page=29 |language=cnr |date=January 2013 |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092613/http://www.uom.co.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bratimljenje-m2-3.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Alba Iulia]], Romania<ref>{{cite web |title=Orașe înfrățite cu Alba Iulia |url=https://www.apulum.ro/index.php/primaria/orase_infratite |website=apulum.ro |publisher=Alba Iulia |language=ro |access-date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018074645/https://www.apulum.ro/index.php/primaria/orase_infratite |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Gaeta]], Italy
* {{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Gaziantep]], turkey
* {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Dijon]], France
* {{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Dubrovnik]], Croatia
* {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Kharkiv]], Ukraine
* {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Kostroma]], Russia
* {{Flagicon|CYP}} [[Larnaca]], Cyprus
* {{Flagicon|SRB}} [[Mali Iđoš]], Serbia
* {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Maribor]], Slovenia
* {{Flagicon|GRC}} [[Nafplio]], Greece
* {{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Novo Sarajevo|Novo Sarajevo (Sarajevo)]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
* {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Nürnberg]], Germany
* {{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Rijeka]], Croatia
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Severina]], Italy
* {{Flagicon|ALB}} [[Shkodër]], Albania
* {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Sinaia]], Romania
* {{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Spoleto]], Italy
* {{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Velika Kladuša]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
* {{Flagicon|BUL}} [[Veliko Tarnovo]], Bulgaria
* {{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Visegrád]], Hungary
* {{Flagicon|SRB}} [[Vranje]], Serbia
* {{Flagicon|GRC}} [[West Achaea]], Greece
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Siena]], Italy
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== See also ==
* [[List of former national capitals]]

==References==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{Cite book |last=Fleming |first=Thomas |title=Montenegro: The Divided Land |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaMtAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Chronicles Press |isbn=978-0-9619364-9-5 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Vujović |first=Mišo |title=Crnja i Gora |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXRpAAAAMAAJ |year=2003 |publisher=Nova Pazova |isbn=9788650301838 }}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Cetinje}}
{{Wikivoyage|Cetinje}}
{{EB1911 poster|Cettigne}}
* {{Official website|http://www.cetinje.me/index.php/en}}

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