Kotor Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Kotor / Општина Котор) is one of the

municipalities of Montenegro The ''municipalities'' ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, opštine, општине, separator=" / ", singular: cnr-Latn-Cyrl, opština, општина, separator=" / ", label=none) are the first level administrative subdivisions of Montenegro. The country is div ...

. Its administrative center is

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

. This municipality is located in the southwestern part of

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, and includes 56 recognized settlements, as well as the innermost portion of the

Bay of Kotor The Bay of Kotor ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Boka kotorska, Бока которска, separator=" / ", ), also known as the Boka ( sh-Cyrl, Бока), is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated a ...

Location and tourism

The Kotor municipality is located on the

region on the Adriatic coast, surrounding the town of

in southwestern

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. Kotor is connected to the Adriatic Highway and the rest of the coast and inland Montenegro by the Vrmac Tunnel. The inland is reachable by detouring from the Adriatic highway in

Budva Budva (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Будва, or ) is a town in the Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It had 27,445 inhabitants as of 2023, and is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budv ...

or Sutomore (through the Sozina tunnel). There is also a historic road connecting Kotor to

Cetinje Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of sev ...

, which has views of the Kotor Bay. Since the early 2000s Kotor has seen an increase in tourists, many of them coming by

cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...

. Visitors are attracted by the natural environment of the Gulf of Kotor and by the old town of Kotor. Kotor is part of the

World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...

dubbed the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor. The municipality is home to numerous sights, such as the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon in the old town (built in 1166), and the ancient walls which stretch for directly above the town. Sveti Đorđe and Gospa od Škrpijela islets off the coast of

Perast Perast () is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor and is noted for its proximity to the islets of Sveti Đorđe Island, St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks. History Acc ...

are also among the tourist destinations in the vicinity of Kotor. The best known settlements along the Kotor municipality are the municipal seat Kotor, Risan, Radanovići, Škaljari,

, Dobrota and

Prčanj Prčanj ( Montenegrin: Прчањ, ) is a small town along the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1128 people. It is located 5 kilometres west of Kotor, opposite to Dobrota and between the sett ...

City Assembly (2024–2028)

Demographics

The 2011 census recorded a total population of 22,601.http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje%281%29.pdf The inhabitants included

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

, numbering 11,047 (48.88%);

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

, numbering 6,910 (30.57%);

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

, numbering 1,553 (6.87%); with the rest belonging to other ethnic groups (1,145, 5.07%) or opting undeclared (1,946, 8.61%). By language, 38.46% spoke Montenegrin, while 42.37% spoke Serbian. Major religious affiliations included

Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...

(78.02%) and

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

(11.76%).

Gallery

File:20090719 Crkva Gospa od Zdravlja Kotor Bay Montenegro.jpg, Town of

File:Widok na Perast z zachodu 01.JPG, Town of

File:Risan, Bahía de Kotor, Montenegro, 2014-04-19, DD 05.JPG, Town of Risan File:Dobrota, Bahía de Kotor, Montenegro, 2014-04-19, DD 08.JPG, Town of Dobrota File:Orjen.jpg, Orjen mountain File:Vrmac (1).jpg, Vrmac mountain File:St-Georges ND-du-Récif.JPG, Our Lady of the Rocks File:Pogled na Kotor.jpg, Old Town of Kotor

References

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