Grahovac

Village in Nikšić, Montenegro

Grahovac Граховац
Village
42°41′16″N 18°36′41″E / 42.68778°N 18.61139°E / 42.68778; 18.61139
Country	Montenegro
Municipality	Nikšić
Elevation	945 m (3,100 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	117
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+382 40

Grahovac (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Граховац) is a village in western Montenegro, in the municipality of Nikšić. The village is located on a karst plateau overlooking the Grahovo field and Lake Grahovo. According to the 2011 census, it had 117 inhabitants, vast majority of which are ethnic Montenegrins.^[1]^[2]

History

The village is best known as the location of the Battle of Grahovac in 1858, in which Montenegro defeated the Ottoman forces, resulting in mutual redefinition and recognition of respective country borders. In order to honour the battle, prince-bishop Nikola I built the Church of the Ascension (Crkva Svetog Spasa) in 1864 at the exact place where Ottoman commander Hussein Pasha's tent has been set up during the battle, overlooking Lake Grahovo.

In 1958, as a part of the celebration of the centenary of the battle, the church has been decorated with a memorial plaque dedicated to the fallen fighters, reading "The monument to your bravery is Montenegro and its freedom". An obelisk monument honouring the battle and its participants, bearing the same inscription, was built on the outskirts of the village by the Government of Montenegro in 2008.

Demographics

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Montenegrins	91	77.8%
Serbs	24	20.5%
undeclared	2	1.7%
Total	117	100%

Language in 2011
Language	Number	Percentage
Montenegrin	76	65%
Serbian	37	31.6%
undeclared	4	3.4%
Total	117	100%

References

^ 2011 Census preliminary results
^ Statistical Office of Montenegro - Results of the 2011 Census at the municipal level

Nikšić Municipality

Municipality seat

City of Nikšić

Municipality settlements

Balosave • Bare • Bastaji • Bjeloševina • Bobotovo Groblje • Bogetići • Bogmilovići • Brestice • Brezovik • Broćanac Nikšicki • Broćanac Viluški • Bršno • Bubrežak • Busak • Carine • Cerovo • Crnodoli • Dolovi • Donja Trepča • Donje Čarađe • Donje Crkvice • Dragovoljići • Drenoštica • Duboćke • Dučice • Duga • Gornja Trepča • Gornje Čarađe • Gornje Crkvice • Gornje Polje • Goslić • Gradačka Poljana • Grahovac • Grahovo • Granice • Gvozd • Ivanje • Jabuke • Jasenovo Polje • Javljem • Jugovići • Kamensko • Kazanci • Klenak • Koprivice • Koravlica • Kovači • Kunak • Kuside • Kuta • Laz • Liverovići • Lukovo • Macavare • Međeđe • Miljanići • Miločani • Milojevići • Miruše • Mokri Do • Morakovo • Nudo • Oblatno • Orah • Orlina • Ozrinići • Petrovići • Pilatovići • Počekovići • Podbožur • Podvrš • Ponikvica • Povija • Praga • Prigradina • Prisoje • Rastovac • Riđani • Riječani • Rudine • Šipačno • Sjenokosi • Smrduša • Somina • Spila • Srijede • Staro Selo • Štedim • Štitari • Stuba • Stubica • Tupan • Ubli • Vasiljevići • Velimlje • Vidne • Vilusi • Vir • Višnjica Do • Vitasojevići • Vraćenovići • Vrbica • Vučji Do • Zagora • Zagrad • Zaljutnica • Zaslap • Zavrh • Zlostup

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