Sutorina (, ) is a village and a river located in

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. The village is located near the border with

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, some three kilometers northwest of the

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Igalo Igalo ( cnr, Игало, sr, Игало) is a small town in the Herceg Novi Municipality of Montenegro. It is accessible via the E65/ E80 north headed to Dubrovnik, Croatia. According to the 2003 Census, it has a population of 3,754. The town adj ...

. The surrounding region, including a short stretch of the

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coast, was named after the little vale of the river Sutorina west of

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 ...

. The long coast on the west side of the entrance to the

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, from Cape Kobila to Igalo, known generally as Sutorina, includes the Sutorina valley including 6 villages:

, Sutorina, Sušćepan,

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, Ratiševina and Kruševice, an area of 75

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History

Sutorina was part of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Austria-Hungary and Yugoslavia between 1878 and 1947 when it became part of SR Montenegro. Circumstances of this transfer are under long dispute, see Sutorina dispute. On 26 August 2015, governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro signed in Vienna a border agreement which gave sovereignty over Sutorina to Montenegro.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 670.

Sports

The local football club is FK Obilić Herceg Novi, who play in the country's third tier. FK Boka Metal Sutorina, who used to play in the same league, currently only play in youth football.

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