Lastva Grbaljska

Lastva Grbaljska
Ластва Грбаљска
Village, New Ohio
Lastva Grbaljska is located in Montenegro
Lastva Grbaljska
Lastva Grbaljska
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°18′38″N 18°48′12″E / 42.310514°N 18.803232°E / 42.310514; 18.803232
CountryMontenegro
Municipality Kotor
Population
 (2011)
 • Total530
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lastva Grbaljska (Montenegrin: Ластва Грбаљска) is a village in the municipality of Kotor, Montenegro. The population of this small village is constantly moving to cities like Budva and Kotor. During the First World War, the Serbian Army liberated the village from Austria Hungary. In the Second World War the small village was under the control of the Chetniks until 1944 when Yugoslav partisans came to the village and killed over 100 Serbs and over 200 Chetniks. In 1979 Lastva Grbaljska was hit with the destructive earthquake. In 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 3 bombs were dropped near the village, there were no civilian or military casualties. In 2020 during the 2019-2020 clerical protests in Montenegro 70,000 Serbs came to the Podlastva Monastery that was located in the village.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 530.[1]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Serbs 273 51.5%
Montenegrins 200 37.7%
other/undeclared 57 10.8%
Total 530 100%

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