Risan
Risan 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…
- Town with about 2,030 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “Risan (Montenegro)”
- Description: village in Montenegro
Places of Interest
Discover Saint George and Our Lady of the Rocks.
Saint George
Sveti Đorđe Island is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro.
3½ km south of Risan
Our Lady of the Rocks
Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the…
3 km south of Risan
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strp and Perast.
Risan
- Categories
- Location
This page is based on…
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
42.51498° or 42° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
18.69557° or 18° 41′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
ME RSN
Open location code
8FJWGM7W+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Risan” goes by many names.
RisaniAlbanian
ريزانArabic
ريزان (مدينة)Arabic
ՌիսանArmenian
RisanBosnian
РисанBulgarian
RhizonCatalan
RisanCatalan
RisiniumCatalan
ῬίζωνCatalan
RisanCebuano
里桑Chinese
RisanCroatian
RisanCzech
Risan (Montenegro)Czech
RisanDutch
ريزانEgyptian Arabic
ΡίσανGreek
RisanHungarian
RisanIndonesian
RisanoItalian
リサンJapanese
RisiniumLatin
RisanasLithuanian
RisanNorwegian
RisanNorwegian Bokmål
RisanNorwegian Nynorsk
ریسانPersian
RisanPolish
RisanRomanian
РисанRussian
RhisiniumSerbian
RhizonSerbian
RisanSerbian
RisiniumSerbian
РисанSerbian
RisanSerbo-Croatian
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Veljinići and Ubalac.
Notable Places Nearby
Discover Trg 21. Novembar and Špila.
Curious Localities to Discover
Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
