Vlasenica
Vlasenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Власеница) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population 11,467 inhabitants, while the town of Vlasenica has a population of 7,228 inhabitants.
Vlasenica
Власеница | |
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Town and municipality | |
Vlasenica | |
![]() Vlasenica | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Vlasenica within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Coordinates: 44°11′N 18°56′E | |
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Entity | ![]() |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dragoslav Todorović (SDS) |
Area | |
• Total | 448.14 km2 (173.03 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 11,467 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code(s) | 56 |
Website | www |

Vlasenica church
Demographics
Population
Population of settlements – Vlasenica municipality | ||||||||||||||
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Settlement | 1879. | 1885. | 1895 | 1910. | 1921. | 1931. | 1948. | 1953. | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
Total | 19,420 | 23,085 | 24,927 | 30,928 | 28,865 | 37,532 | 26,623 | 30,498 | 33,817 | 11,467 | ||||
1 | Cerska | 1,409 | 689 | |||||||||||
2 | Grabovica | 537 | 342 | |||||||||||
3 | Gradina | 755 | 395 | |||||||||||
4 | Neđeljišta | 738 | 354 | |||||||||||
5 | Pustoše | 552 | 208 | |||||||||||
6 | Vlasenica | 4,121 | 7,283 | 3,047 | 3,976 | 6,000 | 7,909 | 7,228 |
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition – Vlasenica town | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 7,228 (100,0%) | 7,909 (100,0%) | 6,000 (100,0%) | 3,976 (100,0%) | |||
Bosniaks | 4,800 (60,69%) | 3,435 (57,25%) | 2,774 (69,77%) | ||||
Serbs | 2,743 (34,68%) | 1,793 (29,88%) | 1,124 (28,27%) | ||||
Yugoslavs | 242 (3,060%) | 578 (9,633%) | 5 (0,126%) | ||||
Others | 98 (1,239%) | 22 (0,367%) | 25 (0,629%) | ||||
Croats | 26 (0,329%) | 18 (0,300%) | 12 (0,302%) | ||||
Roma | 98 (1,633%) | 25 (0,629%) | |||||
Montenegrins | 28 (0,467%) | 7 (0,176%) | |||||
Albanians | 22 (0,367%) | 3 (0,075%) | |||||
Hungarians | 3 (0,050%) | ||||||
Slovenes | 2 (0,033%) | ||||||
Macedonians | 1 (0,017%) | 1 (0,025%) |
Ethnic composition – Vlasenica municipality | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 11,467 (100,0%) | 17,761 (100,0%) | 30,498 (100,0%) | 26,623 (100,0%) | |||
Serbs | 7,589 (66,18%) | 6,311 (35,53%) | 13,531 (44,37%) | 13,431 (50,45%) | |||
Bosniaks | 3,763 (32,82%) | 10,897 (61,35%) | 15,337 (50,29%) | 12,881 (48,38%) | |||
Others | 84 (0,733%) | 249 (1,402%) | 131 (0,430%) | 151 (0,567%) | |||
Croats | 31 (0,270%) | 32 (0,180%) | 44 (0,144%) | 42 (0,158%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 272 (1,531%) | 978 (3,207%) | 17 (0,064%) | ||||
Roma | 352 (1,154%) | 53 (0,199%) | |||||
Montenegrins | 81 (0,266%) | 28 (0,105%) | |||||
Albanians | 33 (0,108%) | 14 (0,053%) | |||||
Hungarians | 5 (0,016%) | 1 (0,004%) | |||||
Slovenes | 4 (0,013%) | 3 (0,011%) | |||||
Macedonians | 2 (0,007%) | 2 (0,008%) |
Economy
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Skiing in Vlasenica
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Javor cave

Monument in Vlasenica in the honour of the victory of the Serbian army against Austro-Hungarian invaders and Yugoslav Partisans who destroyed the Croatian Ustaše in a battle which took place in modern-day Vlasenica
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 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 108 |
Mining and quarrying | - |
Manufacturing | 257 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 86 |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 56 |
Construction | 28 |
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 217 |
Transportation and storage | 31 |
Accommodation and food services | 55 |
Information and communication | 9 |
Financial and insurance activities | 17 |
Real estate activities | - |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 20 |
Administrative and support service activities | 4 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 170 |
Education | 133 |
Human health and social work activities | 107 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 10 |
Other service activities | 32 |
Total | 1,340 |
Notable people
- Lazar Jovanović, 19th-century manuscript writer
- Derviš Sušić
- Flory Jagoda
- Vedad Ibišević
- Fahrudin Kuduzović
- Nedžmin Ambešković, strongman
- Salko Zildžić, boxer, Party of Democratic Action politician
- Isnam Taljić, writer
- Nikolina Vukićević, singer
Notes
- "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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