Osinja
| Osinja Осиња | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Osinja | |
| Coordinates: 44°50′20″N 17°52′36″E / 44.83889°N 17.87667°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |
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| Municipality | Derventa |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Osinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Осиња) is a village in the municipality of Derventa, Republika Srpska.[1]
According to the last census (2013.) population of village was 1407.
Geography
The village of Osinja is situated in triangle of 3 towns: Derventa, Doboj and Prnjavor. Neighboring village to Osinja are Pojezna, Crnča, Cerani, Velika Sočanica, Cvrtkovci and Jelanjska. In south of the village is the river Ilova which represents the border of municipalities Derventa and Stanari.
Economy
The most of inhabitants are farmers. Many of them also work in municipality center of Derventa, and also many of them are on temporary work abroad. This and other neighboring villages were historically underdeveloped due to distance from towns. The center of the village has an infirmary, in addition to some shops and cafes. Recently a highway connecting Banja Luka and Doboj was built, and it partially passes Osinja. There are plans to build a highway loop in this village to connect the municipalities of Derventa and Stanari.
Culture and Religion
In this village there is elementary school with about 300 students. Most of inhibitants are Orthodox Christians, and there is Serbian orthodox church of St. Panteleimon near center of Osinja.
Demography
In recent decades population of Osinja decreases due to economic reasons. Many of inhibitants moved to municipality center Derventa, but also to Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and other European countries.
| Village Population | |||||||||||||
| Year | Serbs | % | Bosniaks | % | Croats | % | Yugoslavs | % | Others | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2,009 | 98,43% | 2 | 0,09% | 4 | 0,19% | 19 | 0,93% | 7 | 0.34% | 2,041 | ||
| 1981 | 2,027 | 98,25% | 1 | 0,04% | 10 | 0,48% | 18 | 0,87% | 7 | 0.33% | 2,063 | ||
| 1991 | 1,853 | 98.04% | 3 | 0,15% | 30 | 1,58% | 4 | 0.21% | 1,890 | ||||
People from Osinja
- Dragan Đurić, former president of FK Partizan
- Слободан Ћустић, serbian actor
References
- ↑ St Erlich, Vera (1966). Family in transition: a study of 300 Yugoslav villages. Princeton University Press. p. 461. OCLC 303501.
Coordinates: 44°50′20″N 17°52′36″E / 44.83889°N 17.87667°E