Godinje

Godinje (Годиње) is a village in Montenegro, in the municipality of Bar. It is located on a hill overlooking Lake Skadar. The town belongs to the Boljević pleme of the Crmnička nahija. The town is the ancestral home of the Lekovići and Nikač clans. In 1977, a resident of Godinje would still say, more than half-seriously, "In Godinje, everyone's surname is "Leković" ref|ngs, a reminder of a time when family clans lived in mountainous isolation in Montenegro.

Ancestral Homes

*Central: Lekovići (45 houses)
*East: Perazići (19 houses)
*West: Velovići (4 houses)
*West: Nikači (17 houses).

References

* "Montenegro: Yugoslavia's "Black Mountain", by Bryan Hodgson, pg. 663--683, "National Geographic", Vol. 152, No. 5, November, 1977.