Herceg Novi Municipality

Herceg Novi Municipality
Општина Херцег Нови
Municipality
Flag of Herceg Novi Municipality
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Coat of arms of Herceg Novi Municipality
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Herceg Novi Municipality in Montenegro
Herceg Novi Municipality in Montenegro
CountryMontenegro
SeatHerceg Novi
Area
[1]
 • Total235 km2 (91 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total30,864
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Postal code
85340
Area code+382 31
ISO 3166-2 codeME-08
Car platesHN
Websitehercegnovi.me

Herceg Novi Municipality is one of the municipalities in southwestern Montenegro. The administrative center is Herceg Novi.[2]

Location and tourism

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The Herceg Novi municipality stretches from Prevlaka to the Verige bridge. An almost unbroken string of towns lie along this strip of coast, including Prevlaka, Igalo, Herceg Novi, Baošići, Đenovići, Meljine, Zelenika, Sutorina, and Bijela. The municipality is located at the Adriatic coast in southwestern Montenegro, at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. Herceg Novi is one of the major tourist destinations in Montenegro. It is well known as a spa and health center; nearby Igalo has an abundance of healing sea mud called "igaljsko blato" (Igalo mud) and mineral springs called "igaljske slatine" (Igalo springs). The most famous tourist attractions in Herceg Novi are the Forte Mare Castle built in 1382, a clock tower built by the Austrians in the 19th century, the Kanli tower built by the Turks, and the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Michael Archangel in the central Belavista Square. Whilst the city itself is not a major destination for sunbathing, with no long sandy beaches along the rest of the Bay of Kotor, many beaches are reachable by boat. Popular Luštica peninsula beach sites include Žanjic, Mirište and Rose.

Local Assembly

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Party / Coalition Seats[3] Gov't
DCG – DEMOS
10
 Yes
DPS – SD
8
 No
DF–SNP–UCG–RP–JKP–SRS–SCG–SPISP–SSR
7
 Yes
NL
7
 Yes
URA
2
 Yes
PCG
1
 Yes

Demographics

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The town of Herceg Novi is the administrative centre of the municipality. The municipality also includes the neighbouring towns of Igalo, Zelenika and Bijela, and has a population of 19,218 (2011 census). The town of Herceg Novi itself has 13,338 inhabitants.[4]

List of cities by population
Ethnicity 2011[5] 2003[6]
Albanians
41(0.13%)
25(0.08%)
Croat
662(2.15%)
798(2.42%)
Montenegrins
10,395(33.68%)
9,447(28.80%)
Muslims
283(0.92%)
299(0.91%)
Serbs
15,260(48.89%)
17,470(52.89%)
Yugoslavs
157(0.51%)
270(0.82%)
Undeclared
2,908(9.42%)
2,746(8.31%)
Others
1,158(3.75%)
1,979(5.99%)
Total 30,864 33,034
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References

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  1. ^ "Herceg Novi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  2. ^ Opštine Archived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine, MJU, Vlada Crne Gore
  3. ^ Demokrate osvojile 10 mandata, DPS-SD osam, ZBHN i Novska lista po 7, URA dva mandata, Vijesti, 9 May 2021
  4. ^ "Montenegrin 2011 census". Monstat. 2011.
  5. ^ "Results of the 2011 Census of Herceg-Novi". Herceg Novi municipality. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Nacionalna ili etnicka pripadnost – Podaci po naseljima i opstinama" [National or ethnic affiliation – Data by settlements and municipalities] (compressed PDF). Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u 2003. Zavod za statistiku Republike Crne Gore. September 2004.


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