This municipality is located in the southwestern part of Montenegro, and includes 56 recognized settlements,[2] as well as the innermost portion of the Bay of Kotor.

Kotor is connected to the Adriatic Highway and the rest of the coast and inland Montenegro by the Vrmac Tunnel.

The inland is reachable by detouring from the Adriatic highway in Budva or Sutomore (through the Sozina tunnel).

Sveti Đorđe and Gospa od Škrpijela islets off the coast of Perast are also among the tourist destinations in the vicinity of Kotor.

Major religious affiliations included Eastern Orthodoxy (78.02%) and Roman Catholicism (11.76%).