Bosanski Brod

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Bosanski Brod
Босански Брод
Coat of arms of Bosanski Brod
Coat of arms
Location of Bosanski Brod within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Bosanski Brod within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Mayor Vid Ivanović (SDS) [1]
Population (1991)
 - Total 33,962
 - Municipality ?
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 53
Website: http://www.opstina-brod.net

Bosanski Brod (Serbian: Босански Брод or Bosanski Brod; Bosnian: Bosanski Brod; Croatian: Bosanski Brod) also known as Brod (Брод), formerly known as Srpski Brod (Српски Брод), is a town and municipality located on the right bank of the river Sava in the north of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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[edit] Name

During the Bosnian war the town name was changed to Srpski Brod but after the war the name was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of BiH, and so is now again know as Bosanski Brod.

The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite bank of the Sava.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

30.115 total

  • Croats - 14.489 (48,11%)
  • Serbs - 11.273 (37,43%)
  • Muslims - 3.706 (12,30%)
  • Yugoslavs - 436 (1,44%)
  • others - 211 (0,72%)

[edit] 1991

In 1991, the population of Bosanski Brod municipality was 33,962, including:

The urban part of the municicipality had in 1991 a population of 14,045, including:

Urban settlements population:

Settlement: Muslims Srbs Croats Yugoslavs Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
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%


Source: [2].

Serbs were majority in Brodsko Polje, Croats in Centar, Rit and Tulek, and Muslims by nationality in Mahala Skele.

[edit] Administrative areas, 1991.

Municipality Bosanski Brod according to population census from 1991, had 23 inhabited settlements, divided in 12 local communities:

[edit] City local communities

  • MZ Brodsko Polje
  • MZ Bosanski Brod - downtown
  • MZ Mahala-Skele
  • MZ Rit
  • MZ Tulek

[edit] Rural communities

  • MZ Brusnica Velika – includes settlements: Brusnica Mala, Brusnica Velika i Donji Klakar
  • MZ Gornje Kolibe - includes settlements: Kolibe Donje, Gornje Kolibe i Unka
  • MZ Koraće - includes settlements: Donja Barica, Gornja Barica i Koraće
  • MZ Liješće - includes settlements: Liješće
  • MZ Novo Selo - includes settlements: Novo Selo i Zborište
  • MZ Sijekovac - includes settlements: Donja Močila, Gornja Močila, Kričanovo i Sijekovac
  • MZ Vinska - includes settlements: Donja Vrela, Gornja Vrela, Gornji Klakar, Grk, Kruščik i Vinska

[edit] 2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs, as the other ethnic groups during the war mainly left their homes. Ethnic cleansing was a common phenomenon in the war

Library and Serbian Orthodox Church

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Coordinates: 45°08′N, 17°59′E