Orašje
Orašje (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашје) is a city 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 city of Orašje has a population of 3,614 inhabitants.
Orašje
Орашје | |
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| Grad Orašje Град Орашје City of Orašje | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Orašje within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 45°2′10″N 18°41′36″E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Posavina |
| Geographical region | Posavina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marijan Oršolić (HDZ BiH) |
| Area | |
| • City | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • City | 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 | (+387) 31 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
Population
| Population of settlements – Orašje municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 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%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orašje.
- Official website
(in Croatian)
Municipalities of the Posavina Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
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