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Gusinje became a municipality in February 2014, after a consultative referendum and once the conditions had been met, when the Government of Montenegro proposed to the Parliament of Montenegro amendments to the Law on the Territorial Organisation of Montenegro, establishing Gusinje as the 23rd municipality in Montenegro and one of the youngest.

The abolition of the municipality of Gusinje in 1953 had a negative impact on the area’s economic and social life. Together with uneven regional development, which led to the neglect of Montenegro’s northern region, it strongly affected population migration, agriculture, depopulation, the emptying and decline of villages, the departure of skilled people, a sharp drop in the number of pupils in schools and the transport isolation of the area.

The cadastral records of the Gusinje area list 10 cadastral municipalities with 42 settlements, villages and hamlets. The cadastral municipalities are:

• Gusinje (3,728,751 m ² ),
• Dolja (3.4621.900m ² ),
• Dosuđe I (3,240,464 m ² ),
• Dosuđe II (9,922,255 m ² ),
• Grnčar (20,997,300 m²),
• Kruševo I (14,204,508 m ² ),
• Kruševo II (15,965,517 m ² ),
• Martinoviće I (4,159,908 m ² ),
• Martinoviće II (11,516,578 m ² ) and
• Vusanje (49,559,850m ² ), with a total area of ​​about 157 km ² , which is about 1.1% of the territory of the Republic of Montenegro and about 2% of the area belonging to the Northern region.