Herceg Novi Municipality
Herceg Novi Municipality ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, Opština Herceg Novi, Општина Херцег Нови) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro, municipalities in southwestern Montenegro. The administrative center is Herceg Novi.E65/ E80 north headed to
Dubrovnik
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,
Croatia
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. According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 3,355. The town adjoins
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Херцег Нови, ) is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of ...
and is administratively divided leaving no clear division between the towns.
Overview
Located on the slopes of
Mount Orjen
Orjen (Serbian Cyrillic: Орјен, ) is a transboundary Dinaric Alps, Dinaric Mediterranean limestone mountain range, located between southernmost Bosnia and Herzegovina and southwestern Montenegro.
Its highest peak is Veliki kabao, whi ...
, Igalo is regionally famous for the "DR Simo Milošević" Institute, a Mediterranean themed health
spa
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which formerly attracted many tourists. Architect Aleksandar Đorđevic built this Institute. The institute is one of the unique hospitals and spas in the Balkans. Though the effects of the
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...
limited Igalo's attractiveness as a tourist destination, it nonetheless remains a popular resort for tourists from the surrounding region.
Former Yugoslav leader Tito had his summer villa in this town. This villa was subsequently used to host the last meeting between
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...
(then
President of Serbia
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According to the C ...
) and
Franjo Tuđman
Franjo Tuđman (14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999) was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the Independence of Croatia, country's independe ...
(then
President of Croatia
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) amid the early stages of the
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...
and fighting between Serbs and Croats throughout Croatia.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,355.