Herceg Novi Municipality

Herceg Novi Municipality Opština Herceg NoviОпштина Херцег Нови
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Herceg Novi Municipality in Montenegro
Country	Montenegro
Seat	Herceg Novi
Area [1]
• Total	235 km^2 (91 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	30,864
• Density	131/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Postal code	85340
Area code	+382 31
ISO 3166-2 code	ME-08
Car plates	HN
Website	hercegnovi.me

Herceg Novi Municipality (Montenegrin: Opština Herceg Novi, Општина Херцег Нови) is one of the municipalities in southwestern Montenegro. The administrative center is Herceg Novi.^[2]

Location and tourism

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.

Administration

Local communities

The municipality consists of the following local communities (mjesne zajednice):^[3]

• Igalo
• Topla
• Herceg Novi
• Meljine
• Zelenika - Kuti
• Kumbor
• Đenović
• Baošić
• Bijela
• Kamenari
• Podi
• Srbina
• Prijevor
• Sutorina
• Kruševice
• Kameno - Žlijebi
• Mokrine
• Luštica
• Sušćepan - Ratiševina - Trebesin
• Mojdež
• Ubli

City Assembly (2025–2029)

The municipal parliament consists of 35 deputies elected directly for a four-year term.

Party / Coalition		Seats	Local government
	DCG	12 / 35	Government
	NL	10 / 35	Government
	DPS	5 / 35	Opposition
	ZBCG (NSD–DNP)	5 / 35	Government
	URA	1 / 35	Opposition
	GPZHN	1 / 35	Opposition
	SD	1 / 35	Opposition

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	12,482	—
1953	13,759	+1.97%
1961	15,157	+1.22%
1971	18,368	+1.94%
1981	23,258	+2.39%
1991	27,593	+1.72%
2003	33,034	+1.51%
2011	30,864	−0.85%
2023	30,824	−0.01%
Source: [4][5][6]

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.^[7] On the census 2023 the municipality had 30,824 inhabitants.

List of cities by population

Ethnicity	2023[8]	2011[9]	2003[10]
Albanians	63(0.20%)	41(0.13%)	25(0.08%)
Croat	511(1.66%)	662(2.15%)	798(2.42%)
Montenegrins	9,175(29.77%)	10,395(33.68%)	9,447(28.80%)
Muslims	86(0.28%)	283(0.92%)	299(0.91%)
Serbs	14,901(48.34%)	15,260(48.89%)	17,470(52.89%)
Yugoslavs	215(0.70%)	157(0.51%)	270(0.82%)
Undeclared	1,996(6.48%)	2,908(9.42%)	2,746(8.31%)
Others	3,877(12.57%)	1,158(3.75%)	1,979(5.99%)
Total	30,824	30,864	33,034

Herceg Novi(2023)

Eastern Orthodox			83.67%
Roman Catholic			3.52%
Islam			2.33%
Atheist			3.82%
Others			6.66%

Gallery

• 
  Town of Herceg Novi
• 
  Beach in Herceg Novi
• 
  Luštica
• 
  Miriste beach, Luštica
• 
  Savina Monastery
• 
  Town of Kamenari
• 
  Town of Igalo
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  Herceg Novi Tower

References

1. "Herceg Novi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
2. OpštineArchived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine, MJU, Vlada Crne Gore
3. "Local communities". Official website. Municipality of Herceg Novi. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
4. "Knjiga 9. "Uporedni pregled broja stanovnika 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 i 2003 - Podaci po naseljima"". MONSTAT. 2005.
5. "2011 census: Population of Montenegro by sex, type of settlement, etnicity, religion and mother tongue, per municipalities"(PDF). MONSTAT. 2011-07-12.
6. "2023 census: Population of Montenegro by Sex and Age"(PDF). MONSTAT. 2024-10-15.
7. "Montenegrin 2011 census". Monstat. 2011.
8. "Results of the 2023 Census of Herceg-Novi". Montstat.
9. "Results of the 2011 Census of Herceg-Novi". Herceg Novi municipality. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
10. "Nacionalna ili etnicka pripadnost – Podaci po naseljima i opstinama" [National or ethnic affiliation – Data by settlements and municipalities] (compressedPDF). Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u 2003. Zavod za statistiku Republike Crne Gore. September 2004.