Bratunac

Bratunac

Братунац
Bratunac Братунац
Town and municipality
	Bratunac
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bratunac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Coordinates: 44°11′02″N 19°19′51″E / 44.18389°N 19.33083°ECoordinates: 44°11′02″N 19°19′51″E / 44.18389°N 19.33083°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Podrinje
Government
• Mayor	Srđan Rankić (Ind.)
• Municipality	293.49 km2 (113.32 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Town	8,359
• Municipality	20,340
• Municipality density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	56
Website	opstinabratunac.com

Bratunac (Serbian Cyrillic: Братунац) is a town and municipality located in easternmost part of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, it has a population of 20,340 inhabitants, while the town of Bratunac has a population of 8,359 inhabitants.

History[]

Early history[]

In 1381, the name Bratunac is mentioned for the first time because of the direct road through Bratunac from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia. At the time, Bratunac was composed of five houses and a population of roughly 30 people. In 1927, Bratunac became a municipality for the first time.

Settlements[]

Aside from the town of Bratunac, the municipality consists of the following settlements:

Demographics[]

A Serbian cemetery of the civil victims of the war.

Serbian Orthodox church building

According to Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, in 1948 Bratunac had a population of 5,033.

Population[]

Population of settlements – Bratunac municipality
	Settlement	1948.	1953.	1961.	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	5,234	9,647	23,149	26,513	30,333	33,375	20,340
1	Biljača						655	211
2	Bjelovac						290	201
3	Bratunac			1,410	2,716	5,515	7,695	8,359
4	Dubravice						388	269
5	Glogova						1,913	848
6	Hranča						701	317
7	Hrnčići						1,226	646
8	Ježeštica						503	342
9	Konjevići						998	615
10	Krasanovići						532	284
11	Kravica						363	558
12	Magašići						646	486
13	Mihaljevići						391	224
14	Opravdići						441	247
15	Pobuđe						2,359	993
16	Polom						436	206
17	Rakovac						537	423
18	Repovac						504	351
19	Slapašnica						542	286
20	Suha						988	371
21	Urkovići						1,095	460
22	Voljavica						1,379	273
23	Zagoni						588	305
24	Žlijebac						380	240

Ethnic composition[]

Ethnic composition – Bratunac town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	8,359 (100,0%)	7,695 (100,0%)	5,515 (100,0%)	2,716 (100,0%)
Bosniaks		4,311 (56,02%)	2,715 (49,23%)	1,210 (44,55%)
Serbs		3 037 (39,47%)	2,308 (41,85%)	1,406 (51,77%)
Yugoslavs		159 (2,066%)	312 (5,657%)	1 (0,037%)
Others		156 (2,027%)	26 (0,471%)	32 (1,178%)
Croats		32 (0,416%)	31 (0,562%)	32 (1,178%)
Roma			87 (1,578%)	9 (0,331%)
Albanians			18 (0,326%)	11 (0,405%)
Montenegrins			15 (0,272%)	12 (0,442%)
Macedonians			3 (0,054%)	2 (0,074%)
Hungarians				1 (0,037%)

Ethnic composition – Bratunac municipality
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	20,340 (100,0%)	33,619 (100,0%)	33,033 (100,0%)	26,513 (100,0%)
Serbs	12,350 (60,72%)	11,475 (34,13%)	12,055 (36,49%)	12,820 (48,35%)
Bosniaks	7,803 (38,36%)	21,535 (64,06%)	17,349 (52,52%)	13,428 (50,65%)
Others	154 (0,757%)	346 (1,029%)	2,766 (8,373%)	118 (0,445%)
Croats	33 (0,162%)	40 (0,119%)	41 (0,124%)	50 (0,189%)
Yugoslavs		223 (0,663%)	645 (1,953%)	15 (0,057%)
Roma			124 (0,375%)	26 (0,098%)
Montenegrins			31 (0,094%)	36 (0,136%)
Albanians			18 (0,054%)	16 (0,060%)
Macedonians			4 (0,012%)	3 (0,011%)
Hungarians				1 (0,004%)

Data by settlements

Ethnic structure of population of Bratunac municipality, by settlements, 2013 census
Settlement	total	Bosniaks	Croats	Serbs	others
Biljača	306	301	0	5	0
Bjelovac	207	2	0	205	0
Bratunac	7,827	730	27	6,997	73
Dubravice	270	0	0	270	0
Glogova	920	914	0	6	0
Hranča	368	259	0	99	0
Hrnčići	780	0	0	0	0
Ježeštica	345	0	0	345	0
Konjevići	735	735	0	0	0
Krasanovići	287	156	0	130	1
Kravica	567	0	0	0	0
Magašići	527	236	2	289	0
Mihaljevići	233	231	0	2	0
Opravdići	275	23	0	252	0
Pobuđe	1,286	1,286	0	0	0
Polom	217	0	0	216	1
Rakovac	433	36	0	388	9
Repovac	352	13	3	336	0
Slapašnica	304	37	0	266	1
Suha	396	202	1	193	0
Urkovići	504	504	0	0	0
Voljavica	419	417	0	2	0
Zagoni	316	18	0	298	0
Žlijebac	272	0	0	272	0

Economy[]

Landscape from Bratunac

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):^[1]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	43
Mining and quarrying	-
Manufacturing	645
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	57
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	50
Construction	94
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	337
Transportation and storage	58
Accommodation and food services	118
Information and communication	11
Financial and insurance activities	25
Real estate activities	1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	30
Administrative and support service activities	6
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	147
Education	266
Human health and social work activities	95
Arts, entertainment and recreation	11
Other service activities	56
Total	2,050

References[]

^ "Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska" (PDF). rzs.rs.ba. Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links[]

Official site

[stats2018-1] "Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska" (PDF). rzs.rs.ba. Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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