Bijela (

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: Бијела, ) is a coastal town in the municipality of

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 ...

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. It is also located north of Herceg Novi, by the Verige strait in the

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. The chronicler

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claimed that the 16th-century

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descended from a family originating in the area of Bijela. He also stated that the future Pope's father, Piergentile di Giacomo, was born in the village Bjelske Kruševice near Bijela and moved to Italy to escape the Ottoman conquest.

Demographics

The 2003 census recorded a population of 3,748. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,691.

Bijela Adriatic Shipyard

Bijela was the home of the ''Jadransko brodogradilište Bijela'', ( Montenegrin: Јадранско бродоградилиште Бијела) ("Bijela Adriatic Shipyard"), the largest maintenance and repair

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dock in Montenegro. The remains of the bankrupt enterprise were sold off in 2020. In December 2001 the turbo-electric car ferry ''

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'' was towed to the shipyard in December 2001 to be converted into a

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, but the project came to a halt and it was not until January 2005 that the ship was towed away.

Sports

The local football club is FK Bijela, who played in Montenegro's third tier but currently only play in youth football. The club played their home games at Stadion Bijela.There is also a basketball Team Kk Bijela which competes is youth categoeries.

References

External links

Adriatic Shipyard Bijela

Hotel Delfin, Bijela

Official web site of Herceg Novi municipality
Populated places in Herceg Novi Municipality Populated places in Bay of Kotor Mediterranean port cities and towns in Montenegro Coastal towns in Montenegro Serb communities in Montenegro {{Montenegro-geo-stub