Jump to content

Bijela, Herceg Novi: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
KasparBot (talk | contribs)
1,549,811 edits
embed authority control with wikidata information
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Other uses|Bijela (disambiguation){{!}}Bijela}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Bijela
|official_name = Bijela
Line 6: Line 8:
|settlement_type = Town
|settlement_type = Town
|motto =
|motto =
|image_skyline =
|image_skyline = IMG_20170714-085145-bijela-herceg-novi-july-2017.jpg
|imagesize =
|imagesize =
|image_caption =
|image_caption =
Line 17: Line 19:
|map_caption =
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Montenegro
|pushpin_map = Montenegro
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_label_position = top
|pushpin_mapsize =
|pushpin_mapsize =
|pushpin_map_caption =
|pushpin_map_caption =

|subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name ={{flag|Montenegro}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Municipalities of Montenegro|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name = [[Montenegro]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Statistical regions of Montenegro|Region]]
⚫
|subdivision_name1 = [[Herceg Novi Municipality]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Coastal Montenegro|Coastal]]
|subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Montenegro|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2 =
⚫
| subdivision_name2 = [[Herceg Novi Municipality|Herceg Novi]]
|subdivision_type3 =
|subdivision_name3 =
|government_footnotes =
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|government_type =
Line 39: Line 40:
|area_total_km2 =
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|population_as_of = 2003
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_footnotes =
|population_footnotes =
|population_note =
|population_note =
|population_total = 3,748
|population_total = 3691
|population_density_km2 =
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset = +1
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|42|27|12|N|18|39|20|E|display=inline}}
|latd=42 |latm= 27 |lats= 12 |latNS=N
|longd=18 |longm=39 |longs=20 |longEW=E
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m =
|elevation_m =
Line 63: Line 63:
}}
}}


'''Bijela''' ({{IPA-sh|bîjɛlaː|pron}}; [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]]/[[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Бијела; [[Italian language|Italian]] ''La Bianca'', ''San Pietro de Albis'') is a coastal town in [[Herceg Novi Municipality]], [[Montenegro]]. It is north of Herceg Novi, by the Verige strait of the [[Bay of Kotor]]. The 2003 census recorded a population of 3,748.
'''Bijela''' ([[Montenegrin Cyrillic]]: Бијела, {{IPA|cnr|bîjɛlaː|pron}}) is a coastal town in the municipality of [[Herceg Novi]], [[Montenegro]]. It is also located north of Herceg Novi, by the Verige strait in the [[Bay of Kotor]].


The 16th-century [[Pope Sixtus V]] was descended from a family originating in the area of Bijela. As noted by the chronicler [[Andrija Zmajević]], the future Pope's father was Piergentile di Giacomo, who was born in the village [[Bjelske Kruševice]] near Bijela and moved to Italy to escape the Ottoman conquest.
The chronicler [[Andrija Zmajević]] claimed that the 16th-century [[Pope Sixtus V]] descended from a family originating in the area of Bijela. He also stated that the future Pope's father, Piergentile di Giacomo, was born in the village [[Bjelske Kruševice]] near Bijela and moved to Italy to escape the Ottoman conquest.{{fact|date=July 2022}}

==Demographics==
The 2003 census recorded a population of 3,748.

According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,691.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine|url=http://www.monstat.org/cg/page.php?id=536&pageid=322|publisher=[[Statistical Office of Montenegro]]|accessdate=January 27, 2012|language=Montenegrin}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ethnicity in 2011
!width="100px"|Ethnicity
!width="80px"|Number
!width="80px"|Percentage
|-
| [[Serbs of Montenegro|Serbs]] || 1,645 || 44.6%
|-
| [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]] || 1,441 || 39.0%
|-
| [[Croats of Montenegro|Croats]] || 54 || 1.5%
|-
| [[Romani people|Roma]] || 20 || 0.5%
|-
| [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] || 10 || 0.3%
|-
| [[Russians]] || 9 || 0.2%
|-
| [[Bosniaks of Montenegro|Bosniaks]] || 8 || 0.2%
|-
| [[Slovenians]] || 8 || 0.2%
|-
| other/undeclared || 496 || 13.4%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''3,691'''|| '''100%'''
|}


==Bijela Adriatic Shipyard==
==Bijela Adriatic Shipyard==
Bijela is the home of the ''Jadransko brodogradilište Bijela'', ([[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]]: Јадранско бродоградилиште Бијела) ("Bijela Adriatic Shipyard"), the largest maintenance and repair [[shipyard]] dock in Montenegro.
Bijela was the home of the ''Jadransko brodogradilište Bijela'', ([[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]]: Јадранско бродоградилиште Бијела) ("Bijela Adriatic Shipyard"), the largest maintenance and repair [[shipyard]] dock in Montenegro. The remains of the bankrupt enterprise were sold off in 2020.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200927173319/https://www.bankar.me/2020/02/17/novi-tender-za-prodaju-imovine-jadranskog-brodogradilista-bijela/] (2020-02-17)</ref>

⚫
In December 2001 the [[Turbo-electric transmission|turbo-electric]] car ferry ''[[TEV Rangatira (1971)#Final fate|Alexander the Great]]'' was towed to the shipyard in December 2001 to be converted into a [[cruise ship]],<ref name=BlueStar>{{cite web |url=http://bluestarline.org/rangatira.html |title=Union Steam Ship Company's T.E.V. "Rangatira" |work=Blue Star on the Web |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062016/http://bluestarline.org/rangatira.html |archive-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the project came to a halt and it was not until January 2005 that the ship was towed away.<ref name=BlueStar/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/steamerexpress.html |title=Steamer Express |work=New Zealand Coastal Shipping |date=2003–2009 |accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref>


==Sports==
⚫
In December 2001 the [[Turbo-electric transmission|turbo-electric]] car ferry ''[[TEV Rangatira (1971)#Final fate|Alexander the Great]]'' was towed to the shipyard in December 2001 to be converted into a [[cruise ship]],<ref name=BlueStar>{{cite web |url= http://bluestarline.org/rangatira.html |title=Union Steam Ship Company's T.E.V. "Rangatira" |work=Blue Star on the Web |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref> but the project came to a halt and it was not until January 2005 that the ship was towed away.<ref name=BlueStar/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/steamerexpress.html |title=Steamer Express |work=New Zealand Coastal Shipping |date=2003–2009 |accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref>
The local football club is [[FK Bijela]], who played in Montenegro's third tier but currently only play in youth football. The club played their home games at [[Stadion Bijela]].{{fact|date=July 2022}}There is also a basketball Team Kk Bijela which competes is youth categoeries.


==References==
==References==
Line 78: Line 113:
* [http://www.asybijela.com// Adriatic Shipyard Bijela]
* [http://www.asybijela.com// Adriatic Shipyard Bijela]
* [http://www.hotel-delfin.net/en/ Hotel Delfin, Bijela]
* [http://www.hotel-delfin.net/en/ Hotel Delfin, Bijela]
* [http://www.herceg-novi.co.me/ Official web site of Herceg Novi municipality]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090711190833/http://www.herceg-novi.co.me/ Official web site of Herceg Novi municipality]

⚫
{{Herceg Novi Municipality}}


{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bijela}}
[[Category:Populated places in Herceg Novi Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated places in Bay of Kotor]]
[[Category:Populated places in Bay of Kotor]]
[[Category:Mediterranean port cities and towns in Montenegro]]
[[Category:Mediterranean port cities and towns in Montenegro]]
⚫
[[Category:Herceg Novi Municipality]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in Montenegro]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in Montenegro]]
[[Category:Serb communities in Montenegro]]
{{Montenegro-geo-stub}}
{{Montenegro-geo-stub}}

Latest revision as of 22:00, 17 October 2024

For other uses, see Bijela.
Bijela
Бијела
Town
Bijela is located in Montenegro
Bijela
Bijela
Coordinates: 42°27′12″N 18°39′20″E / 42.45333°N 18.65556°E / 42.45333; 18.65556
CountryMontenegro
RegionCoastal
MunicipalityHerceg Novi
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,691
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+382 31
Vehicle registrationHN

Bijela (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Бијела, pronounced [bîjɛlaː]) is a coastal town in the municipality of Herceg Novi, Montenegro. It is also located north of Herceg Novi, by the Verige strait in the Bay of Kotor.

The chronicler Andrija Zmajević claimed that the 16th-century Pope Sixtus V descended from a family originating in the area of Bijela. He also stated that the future Pope's father, Piergentile di Giacomo, was born in the village Bjelske Kruševice near Bijela and moved to Italy to escape the Ottoman conquest.[citation needed]

Demographics

[edit]

The 2003 census recorded a population of 3,748.

According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,691.[1]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Serbs 1,645 44.6%
Montenegrins 1,441 39.0%
Croats 54 1.5%
Roma 20 0.5%
Macedonians 10 0.3%
Russians 9 0.2%
Bosniaks 8 0.2%
Slovenians 8 0.2%
other/undeclared 496 13.4%
Total 3,691 100%

Bijela Adriatic Shipyard

[edit]

Bijela was the home of the Jadransko brodogradilište Bijela, (Montenegrin: Јадранско бродоградилиште Бијела) ("Bijela Adriatic Shipyard"), the largest maintenance and repair shipyard dock in Montenegro. The remains of the bankrupt enterprise were sold off in 2020.[2]

In December 2001 the turbo-electric car ferry Alexander the Great was towed to the shipyard in December 2001 to be converted into a cruise ship,[3] but the project came to a halt and it was not until January 2005 that the ship was towed away.[3][4]

Sports

[edit]

The local football club is FK Bijela, who played in Montenegro's third tier but currently only play in youth football. The club played their home games at Stadion Bijela.[citation needed]There is also a basketball Team Kk Bijela which competes is youth categoeries.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ [1] (2020-02-17)
  3. ^ a b "Union Steam Ship Company's T.E.V. "Rangatira"". Blue Star on the Web. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Steamer Express". New Zealand Coastal Shipping. 2003–2009. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
[edit]
Stub icon

This Montenegro location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bijela,_Herceg_Novi&oldid=1251752301"