Vusanje
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Vusanje is a small town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, located southwest of the town of Plav
Plav
Plav Plav Plav (Montenegrin, (Albanian: Plav) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).Plav is the centre of the municipality (population of 13,805),-Geography:...

. According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 866. There is a notable waterfall in the area.

Demographics

Population of Vusanje:
  • 1948 - 781
  • 1953 - 859
  • 1961 - 935
  • 1971 - 1,103
  • 1981 - 1,399
  • 1991 - 1,103
  • 2003 - 866


Ethnicity in 2003
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 
864 99.76%
Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 
1 0.12%
Others 1 0.12%
Total 866 100%

Notable people

  • Isa Qosja
    Isa Qosja
    Isa Qosja is an Albanian film director. He teaches at the University of Pristina in Pristina...

    , an Albanian film director
  • Rexhep Qosja
    Rexhep Qosja
    Rexhep Qosja is a prominent Albanian politician and literary critic from the area of Malësia in modern Montenegro....

    (born 1936), writer and literary critic.
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