Bioče

Bioče
Биоче
Village
Bioče
Coordinates: ME 42°31′N 19°21′E / 42.517°N 19.350°E / 42.517; 19.350
Country  Montenegro
Municipality Podgorica Municipality
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Bioče (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Биоче) is a village nine miles northeast of Podgorica in Montenegro. According to the 2003 census, it had a population of 179, the majority of which identified as Serbs, the rest as Montenegrins. It is situated on main road connecting Podgorica with northern Montenegro and Serbia ((E65/E80) routes), and is a local station on Belgrade - Bar railway.

On January 23, 2006, a train crashed nearby killing at least 39 and injuring more than 130 people, in the country's worst train disaster.

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Coordinates: 42°31′N 19°21′E / 42.517°N 19.350°E / 42.517; 19.350

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