Population
| Kotor, part of the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor * | |
|---|---|
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Country | Montenegro |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 125 |
| Region ** | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1979 |
| Extensions | 1979-2003 |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Kotor is the administrative centre of Kotor municipality, which includes the towns of Dobrota, Risan and Perast, as well as many small hamlets around the Bay of Kotor. In the mid 1800s the city had a mixed population of 1/3 Serbians, 1/3 Croats and 1/3 Italians. Since then the Italians have nearly disappeared, and now the majority is made by "Montenegrins".
The municipality actually has a population of 22,947 (2003 census). The town of Kotor itself has 5,341 inhabitants, but Kotor and Dobrota are practically one town, with a combined population of 13,176.
Population of Kotor (Including Dobrota):
- March 3, 1981 - 10,780
- March 3, 1991 - 12,903
- November 1, 2003–13,176
Ethnic groups (1991 census):
- Montenegrins (55.24%)
- Serbs (14.07%)
- Croats (7.23%)
Ethnic groups (2003 census) - 22,947:
- Montenegrins - 10,741 (46.81%)
- Serbs - 7,094 (30.91%)
- Croats - 1,762 (9.37%)
- Yugoslavs - 168 (0.73%)
- Muslims - 106 (0.46%)
- Albanians - 76 (0.33%)
- Macedonians - 49 (0.21%)
- Romas - 48 (0.21%)
- Russians - 39 (0.17%)
- Slovenes - 35 (0.15%)
- Italians - 32 (0.14%)
- Hungarians - 32 (0.14%)
- Egyptians - 20 (0.09%)
- Bosniaks - 16 (0.07%)
- Germans - 14 (0.06%)
- others - 133 (0.58%)
- undeclared/undefined - 2,165 (9.43%)
- regionally affiliated - 202 (0.88%)
- no data - 215 (0.94)
According to documents from 1900, Kotor had 7,617 Catholics, and 7,207 Orthodox Christians.
Kotor is still the seat of the Catholic Bishopric of Kotor, which covers the entire gulf.
The 2003 census listed 22,947 citizens, of whom 78% were Orthodox Christians, 13% were listed as Roman Catholic.
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