Vlasenica
Власеница
Vlasenica
Vlasenica
Coat of arms of Vlasenica
Location of Vlasenica within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Vlasenica within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Vlasenica
Coordinates: 44°11′N 18°56′E / 44.183°N 18.933°E / 44.183; 18.933
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
  Municipal mayorMiroslav Kraljević (SNSD)
Area
  Total448.14 km2 (173.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
  Total11,467
  Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code56
Websitewww.opstina-vlasenica.org
Vlasenica church

Vlasenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Власеница) is a town and municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Republika Srpska entity. As of 2013, it has a population 11,467 inhabitants, while the town of Vlasenica has a population of 7,228 inhabitants.

History

Some 70-200 Serbs were brutally massacred by Muslim Ustaše forces in Vlasenica's Rašića Gaj municipality between 22 June and 20 July 1941, after raping women and girls.[1] At the end of July and beginning of August 1941 another group of 50 Serbs from Vlasenica District (mostly from Milići) were imprisoned and murdered.[2] Between 2,000 and 3,000 Muslims were massacred by Serb Chetniks in Vlasenica, from December 1941 until February 1942.[3]..

Demographics

Vlasenica during the Bosnian War:

It was said that Vlasenica was the headquarters of the Greek Volunteer Guard before they took part in the siege of Srebrenica and the Siege of Žepa. <Greek Volunteer Guard wikipedia>

Population

Population of settlements – Vlasenica municipality
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
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
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

Skiing in Vlasenica
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):[4]

Activity Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing108
Mining and quarrying-
Manufacturing257
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply86
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities56
Construction28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles217
Transportation and storage31
Accommodation and food services55
Information and communication9
Financial and insurance activities17
Real estate activities-
Professional, scientific and technical activities20
Administrative and support service activities4
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security170
Education133
Human health and social work activities107
Arts, entertainment and recreation10
Other service activities32
Total1,340

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. Hoare, Marko Attila (2006). Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks 1941–1943. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-0-19-726380-8.
  2. Ivanišević, Milivoje (1994). Hronika našeg groblja ili Slovo o stradanju srpskog naroda Bratunca, Milića, Skelana i Srebrenice. Bratunac.
  3. Dizdar 1996.
  4. "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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