ХЕРЦЕГ НОВИ Herceg Novi

Herceg Novi (Cyrillic: Херцег Нови) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen (42°27′10″N, 18°31′50″E). It has around 17,000 inhabitants, and is the administrative center of the Herceg-Novi municipality.

Although it is one of the youngest settlements on the Adriatic, it had a very turbulent history, and every one of the numerous conquerors had left a mark on the city's face, making it one of the most picturesque towns on the Serbian coast.

Herceg-Novi is administrative center of Herceg-Novi municipality, which stretchs from Prevlaka(CRO) to Verige strait. Along this strip of coast, there is almost unbroken string of small towns, including Igalo, Herceg-Novi, Baošići, Đenovići, Meljine and Bijela, which make up for municipality's population of 33,034, according to 2003 census. Heceg-Novi itself has 12,739, but as Herceg-Novi and Igalo are only administratively divided, they can be considered one town with combined population of 16,493.

The area of the Bay of Kotor is characterized by a Mediterranean climate with dry and warm summers and mild winters. Herceg-Novi has a specific microclimate, which is a result of southern exposition, proximity to the sea, limestone substratum and mountainous hinterland which prevents the breakthrough of cold air masses.

Herceg-Novi has approximately 200 sunny days per anum. In July and August there are approximately 10.7 sunny hours per day. Average annual temperature is 16.2 C (similar to Mediterranean and Atlantic cities of Naples and Lisbon). There are frequent slight temperature oscillations, thus, the average daily temperature fluctuation is only 4°C. Average temperature from May to September is about 25°C, which provides a swimming season over 5 months long since the average summer sea temperature is rather high, between 22 - 26°C.

The annual average precipitation is 1,930 mm/m2, and relative air humidity is at its highest in the fall reaching 80%, and its lowest point is in the summer, i.e. 63%.

Founded 1382 as Sveti Stefan
Area code: +387 88
Car plates: HN
Postal code: 85340
Official Website: www.herceg-novi.cg.yu