Sutorina
title: "Sutorina" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bosnia-and-herzegovina–montenegro-border", "populated-places-in-herceg-novi-municipality", "serb-communities-in-montenegro"] topic_path: "general/bosnia-and-herzegovina-montenegro-border" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutorina" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sutorina |
| native_name | Суторина |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Sutorina.jpg |
| image_caption | View over Sutorina |
| image_map | Vicinity-of-Prevlaka-in-Croatia-and-Montenegro.PNG |
| map_caption | Location of Sutorina |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Montenegro |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Montenegro |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Montenegro |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Coastal |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name2 | Herceg Novi |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_total | 670 |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 85340 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | +382 31 |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Car plates |
| blank1_info_sec1 | HN |
| website | http://sutorina.me |
| :: |
| name = Sutorina | native_name = Суторина | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Sutorina.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = View over Sutorina | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Vicinity-of-Prevlaka-in-Croatia-and-Montenegro.PNG | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Sutorina | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Montenegro | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Montenegro | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Montenegro | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Coastal | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Herceg Novi | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 670 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 85340 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +382 31 | blank1_name_sec1 = Car plates | blank1_info_sec1 = HN | iso_code = | website = http://sutorina.me | footnotes = Sutorina (, , ) is a village and a river located in Herceg Novi Municipality in southwestern Montenegro.
The village is located near the border with Croatia, some three kilometers northwest of the Adriatic Sea in Igalo.
The surrounding region, including a short stretch of the Adriatic coast, was named after the little vale of the river Sutorina west of Herceg Novi.
The 5 nmi long coast on the west side of the entrance to the Boka Kotorska, 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 km².
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.
::data[format=table title="Ethnicity in 2011"]
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 378 | 56.4% |
| Montenegrins | 160 | 23.9% |
| Roma | 14 | 2.1% |
| Egyptians | 7 | 0.4% |
| Croats | 6 | 0.9% |
| other/undeclared | 105 | 15.7% |
| Total | 670 | 100% |
| :: |
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.
References
References
- "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine". [[Statistical Office of Montenegro]].
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