Risan

Also known as Risan (Montenegro)

Risan (Montenegrin: Рисан, ) is a town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It traces its origins to the ancient settlement of Rhizon, the oldest settlement in the Bay of Kotor.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Risan
Settlement.native_name: Рисан
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Risan, Bahía de Kotor, Montenegro, 2014-04-19, DD 05.JPG
Settlement.pushpin_map: Montenegro
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Montenegro
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Montenegro
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Coastal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kotor
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_total: 2,034
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Risan
Image: Risan, Bahía de Kotor, Montenegro, 2014-04-19, DD 05.JPG
Dialing code: 032

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postal code: 85337
native label: Ῥίζων
Commons category: Risan

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Etymology
History
Modern Risan
Demographics
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Risan (Montenegrin: Рисан, ) is a town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It traces its origins to the ancient settlement of Rhizon, the oldest settlement in the Bay of Kotor.

Lying in the innermost portion of the bay, the settlement was protected from the interior by inaccessible limestone cliffs of the Orjen mountain which are the highest range of eastern Adriatic, and through several following narrow straits in the Bay of Kotor from the open sea.