Orašje
Orašje (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашје) is a town, municipality and the capital of Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of river Sava near the border with Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 19,861 inhabitants, while the town of Orašje has a population of 3,614 inhabitants.
Orašje
Орашје | |
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Town and municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Orašje within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 45°2′10″N 18°41′36″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| • Municipality president | Marijan Oršolić (HDZ BiH) |
| Area | |
| • Town and municipality | 1,218 km2 (470 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Town and municipality | 19,861 |
| • Density | 163/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,614 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 76270 |
| Area code(s) | (+387) 31 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
Population
| Population of settlements – Orašje municipality | |||||
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| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 25,740 | 27,806 | 28,211 | 21,284 | |
| 1 | Bok | 1,705 | 1,392 | ||
| 2 | Donja Mahala | 4,273 | 3,702 | ||
| 3 | Kopanice | 1,317 | 768 | ||
| 4 | Kostrč | 1,655 | 1,379 | ||
| 5 | Matići | 2,034 | 1,602 | ||
| 6 | Orašje | 2,787 | 3,420 | 3,907 | 3,796 |
| 7 | Oštra Luka | 1,595 | |||
| 8 | Tolisa | 3,326 | 2,731 | ||
| 9 | Ugljara | 1,400 | 1,205 | ||
| 10 | Vidovice | 2,273 | 1,678 | ||
Ethnic composition
| Ethnic composition – Orašje town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 3,796 (100,0%) | 3,907 (100,0%) | 3,420 (100,0%) | 2,787 (100,0%) | |||
| Muslims | 2,075 (57,41%) | 1,843 (47,17%) | 1,503 (43,95%) | 1,840 (66,02%) | |||
| Croats | 1,350 (37,35%) | 591 (15,13%) | 426 (12,46%) | 333 (11,95%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 84 (2,324%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 42 (1,162%) | 875 (22,40%) | 662 (19,36%) | 442 (15,86%) | |||
| Albanians | 27 (0,747%) | 29 (0,848%) | 34 (1,220%) | ||||
| Others | 21 (0,581%) | 128 (3,276%) | 16 (0,468%) | 24 (0,861%) | |||
| Unknown | 7 (0,194%) | ||||||
| Yugoslavs | 2 (0,055%) | 470 (12,03%) | 761 (22,25%) | 92 (3,301%) | |||
| Montenegrins | 2 (0,055%) | 10 (0,292%) | 14 (0,502%) | ||||
| Roma | 2 (0,055%) | 5 (0,179%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,028%) | 10 (0,292%) | |||||
| Ukrainians | 1 (0,028%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 2 (0,058%) | 1 (0,036%) | |||||
| Hungarians | 1 (0,029%) | 2 (0,072%) | |||||
| Ethnic composition – Orašje municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 21,284 (100,0%) | 28,367 (100,0%) | 27,806 (100,0%) | 25,740 (100,0%) | |||
| Croats | 17,345 (87,33%) | 21,308 (75,12%) | 20,705 (74,46%) | 19,354 (75,19%) | |||
| Muslims | 2,127 (10,71%) | 1,893 (6,673%) | 1,548 (5,567%) | 1,867 (7,253%) | |||
| Serbs | 159 (0,800%) | 4,235 (14,93%) | 4 151 (14,93%) | 4,266 (16,57%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 100 (0,503%) | ||||||
| Others | 59 (0,297%) | 305 (1,075%) | 174 (0,626%) | 62 (0,241%) | |||
| Albanians | 28 (0,141%) | 42 (0,151%) | 34 (0,132%) | ||||
| Unknown | 26 (0,131%) | ||||||
| Ukrainians | 5 (0,025%) | ||||||
| Yugoslavs | 4 (0,020%) | 626 (2,207%) | 1,153 (4,147%) | 131 (0,509%) | |||
| Macedonians | 3 (0,015%) | 12 (0,043%) | 2 (0,008%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 2 (0,010%) | 18 (0,065%) | 15 (0,058%) | ||||
| Roma | 2 (0,010%) | 5 (0,019%) | |||||
| Turks | 1 (0,005%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 2 (0,007%) | 2 (0,008%) | |||||
| Hungarians | 1 (0,004%) | 2 (0,008%) | |||||
Sports
- The local football club is HNK Orašje.
Notable people
- Zdenko Baotić, footballer
- Bakir Beširević, former footballer
- Ivo Gregurević, actor
- Edin Husić, footballer
- Miro Klaić, former football player
- Mato Neretljak, former footballer
- Marko Topić, former footballer
- Aleksandar Živković, footballer
References
External links
- Official website
(in Croatian)
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