Krute

Krute Круте Krythë
Village
Krute Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42.014°N 19.261°E / 42.014; 19.261
Country	Montenegro
Region	Coastal
Municipality	Ulcinj
Population  (2011)
• Total	525
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	UL

Krute (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Круте; Albanian: Krythë) is a village in the municipality of Ulcinj, southeastern Montenegro. It is located north-east of Ulcinj town.

Name

Krytha's name has its origin in the medieval Albanian tribe of Kryethi.[1][2] It is alternatively known as Krytha e Katërkollës to differentiate by another village of the same to the north of Ulcinj, Krytha e Ulqinit.

History

Venetian diplomat Mariano Bolizza who travelled in the area in 1614 recorded that it was a Catholic village with 30 households and 75 men-in-arms commanded by Gjur Çeka.[3]

Demographics

Population of Krute

Year	Pop.	±%
2003	606	—
2011	525	−13.4%

According to Montenegro's 2011 census, Krute has a population of 525.[4] Krute has slightly more men than women; there are 271 men (51.6%) and 254 women (48.4%).[4] A significant portion of the population (439, or 83.6%) is over the age of 15.[4] According to Montenegro's 2011 census, the majority of residents are ethnically Albanian (91.4%) with minority groups of Montenegrins as well as people who identify as Muslim ethnically. A similar majority (91.8%) consider Albanian to be their mother tongue, with the remaining population identifying either Montenegrin (7.2%) or "other" (0.95%) as their mother tongue.[4] Additionally, 521 (99.2%) of the residents practice Islam.[4]

Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Albanians	480	91.43%
Muslims	24	4.57%
Montenegrins	16	3.05%
Other	5	0.95%
Total	525	100%

Notable people

• Basri Çapriqi, poet

References

1. Pulaha, Selami (1975). "Kontribut për studimin e ngulitjes së katuneve dhe krijimin e fiseve në Shqipe ̈rine ̈ e veriut shekujt XV-XVI' [Contribution to the Study of Village Settlements and the Formation of the Tribes of Northern Albania in the 15th century]". Studime Historike. 12: 124. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
2. Gjurmime albanologjike, Seria e shkencave filologjike, vol. 15–16, Prishtina: Instituti Albanologjik i Prishtines, 1986, pp. 107–11, OCLC 475280214
3. Bolizza, Mariano. "Report and Description of the Sanjak of Shkodra". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
4. "Census 2011 data - Settlements". Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved 16 February 2018.