Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brod Брод | ||
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Town and municipality | ||
Brod | ||
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Location of Brod within Republika Srpska | ||
Coordinates: Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°59′E / 45.133°N 17.983°E | ||
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Entity | Republika Srpska | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Ilija Jovičić (SNSD) | |
• Municipality | 229.3 km2 (88.5 sq mi) | |
Population (2013 census) | ||
• Town | 8,563 | |
• Municipality | 16,619 | |
• Municipality density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Area code(s) | 53 | |
Website |
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Brod (Serbian Cyrillic: Брод;[1] pronounced [brôːd]) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the south bank of the river Sava, in the western part of the Posavina region.[2] As of 2013, the town has a population of 8,563 inhabitants, while the municipality has 16,619 inhabitants.
Name
Prior to the Bosnian War of the 1990s, the town was known as Bosanski Brod. During the war the prefix "Bosanski" was replaced with "Srpski" due to the town being under Serb control. In May 2009, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska removed any prefix from the name resulting in the name Brod. Today its official name is just Brod, without either prefix Bosanski or Srpski. The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.
The bridge over the Sava River at Brod was destroyed in the early hours of October 1992; it was rebuilt several years later after the hostilities ended.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Brod, the following settlements comprise the municipality:
Demographics
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1948 | 25,439 | — |
1953 | 26,766 | +1.02% |
1971 | 30,115 | +0.66% |
1981 | 32,286 | +0.70% |
1991 | 34,148 | +0.56% |
2013 | 16,619 | −3.22% |
Ethnic groups
- 1931
In 1931[3], the population of a town Bosanski Brod was 7,386, including:
- 1971
30,115 total
- Croats - 14,489 (48.11%)
- Serbs - 11,273 (37.43%)
- Bosniaks - 3,706 (12.30%)
- Yugoslavs - 436 (1.44%)
- others - 211 (0.72%)
- 1991
In 1991, the population of Bosanski Brod municipality was 34,148, including:
- Croats (41%)
- Serbs (33.8%)
- Bosniaks (12.2%)
- Yugoslavs (10.6%)
- others (2.4%)
- 2013
Municipality | Nationality | Total | |||||
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Bosniaks |
% |
Croats |
% |
Serbs |
% | ||
BROD | 1,509 | 9.07 | 3,287 | 19.77 | 11,477 | 69.05 | 16,619 |
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The urban part of the municipality had in 1991 a population of 14,045, including:
- Serbs (31.39%)
- Croats (29.17%)
- Yugoslavs (19.3%)
- Bosniaks (16.26%)
Urban settlements population:
Settlement: | Bosniak | Serbs | Croats | Yugoslavs | Others | Sum | M% | S% | C% | Y% | O% |
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Brodsko Polje | 196 | 2438 | 596 | 466 | 110 | 3806 | 5% | 64% | 16% | 12% | 3% |
Centar | 528 | 477 | 843 | 684 | 93 | 2625 | 20% | 18% | 32% | 26% | 4% |
Mahala Skele | 712 | 345 | 427 | 474 | 88 | 2046 | 35% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 4% |
Rit | 707 | 860 | 1502 | 736 | 194 | 3999 | 18% | 22% | 38% | 18% | 5% |
Tulek | 141 | 289 | 729 | 351 | 59 | 1569 | 9% | 18% | 46% | 22% | 4% |
Serbs were majority in Brodsko Polje, Croats in Centar, Rit and Tulek, and Muslims by nationality in Mahala Skele.
Administrative areas
The Municipality of Brod according to population census from 1991, had twenty-three inhabited settlements, divided into twelve local communities:
City local communities
- MZ Brodsko Polje 1
- MZ Brodsko Polje 2
- MZ Brod - downtown
- MZ Karađorđevo
- MZ Rit
- MZ Tulek
Rural communities
- MZ Gornji Klakar
- MZ Donji Klakar
- MZ Gornje Kolibe
- MZ Donje Kolibe
- MZ Koraće
- MZ Liješće
- MZ Novo Selo
- MZ Sijekovac
- MZ Vinska
- MZ Unka
- MZ Gornja Vrela
- MZ Grk
- MZ Barica
Notable residents
- Duško Trifunović, children's writer and poet
- Sead Mašić, football player
- Edin Mujčin, football player
- Ljupko Petrović, football coach
- Zdravko Zovko, handball coach
See also
References
- ↑ The official web site of the municipality Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine., Brod/Брод.
- ↑ The official name of region Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 1931 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ↑ Link text, additional text.
- ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
Sources
- Mangold, Max (2005), Das Aussprachewörterbuch, Duden, ISBN 9783411040667