Igalo ( cnr, Игало, sr, Игало) is a small town in the
Herceg Novi Municipality
Herceg Novi Municipality is one of the municipalities of Montenegro, municipalities in southwestern Montenegro region. The administrative center is Herceg Novi.E65/ E80 north headed to
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...
,
Croatia
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. According to the 2003 Census, it has a population of 3,754. The town adjoins
Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 in ...
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 Mediterranean limestone mountain range, located between southernmost Bosnia and Herzegovina and southwestern Montenegro.
Its highest peak is Veliki kabao, which stands at . ...
, Igalo is regionally famous for the "DR Simo Milošević" Institute, a Mediterranean themed health
spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...
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 in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...
limited Igalo's attractiveness as a tourist destination, it nonetheless remains a popular resort for tourists from the surrounding region.
Former Yugoslav leader
Tito
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* Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), commonly known mononymously as Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman
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had his summer villa in this town. This villa was subsequently used to host the last meeting between
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...
(then
President of Serbia
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The curr ...
) and
Franjo Tuđman
Franjo Tuđman (; 14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999), also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia, he became the first president of Croatia and served as p ...
(then
President of Croatia
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) amid the early stages of the
Yugoslav Wars
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and fighting between Serbs and Croats throughout Croatia.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,355.
Sports
The local football team,
FK Igalo 1929
FK Igalo is a Montenegrin football club based in Igalo, Herceg Novi municipality. The club was founded in 1929 and currently competes in the Montenegrin Second League.
History
Founded as ''Primorje'' in 1929, FK Igalo is among the oldest footba ...
, plays in the country's second tier. They host their home matches at the
Stadion Solila
Stadion Solila is a football stadium in Igalo, Herceg Novi municipality, Montenegro. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Igalo. The stadium holds 1,600 seats.
History
Until the middle of the 1990s, the football ...