Sutorina (, ) is a village and a river located in
Herceg Novi Municipality
Herceg Novi Municipality is one of the municipalities in southwestern Montenegro region. The administrative center is Herceg Novi.Montenegro
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The village is located near the border with
Croatia
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, some three kilometers northwest of the
Adriatic Sea
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Igalo.
The surrounding region, including a short stretch of the
Adriatic
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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 ...
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The long coast on the west side of the entrance to the
Boka Kotorska
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, from Cape Kobila to Igalo, known generally as Sutorina, includes the Sutorina valley including 6 villages:
Igalo, Sutorina,
Sušćepan,
Prijevor,
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
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. 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.
See also
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Railway Čapljina - Zelenika
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Dračevica (župa)
References
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Bosnia and Herzegovina–Montenegro border
Populated places in Herceg Novi Municipality
Serb communities in Montenegro