Montenegro

Montenegro, officially the Republic of Montenegro, is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south, and borders Croatia on the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina on the northwest, Serbia on the northeast and Albania on the southeast. Its de facto capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is designated as Prijestonica the old royal capital, or seat of the throne.

Independent from the late Middle Ages until 1918, the country was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia and the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Based on the results of a referendum held on May 21, 2006, Montenegro declared independence on June 3, 2006. On June 28, Montenegro became the 192nd member state of the United Nations.

Le Monténégro (nom vénitien signifiant « montagne noire », Crna Gora en serbe et monténégrin) est une république des Balkans.
Le Monténégro est bordé par la mer Adriatique et est frontalier de la Croatie, de la Bosnie-Herzégovine, de la Serbie (y compris du Kosovo) et de l'Albanie. Les villes principales de la république sont la capitale Podgorica (Titograd de 1945 à 1992) avec 170 000 habitants, Nikši? (75 000) et Pljevlja (37 000). L'ancienne capitale royale est Cetinje qui détient également le titre de « capitale de trône » (prestonica).