Vukosavlje

Vukosavlje Вукосавље
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vukosavlje within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 44.977914°N 18.288331°E / 44.977914; 18.288331
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Posavina
Government
• Municipal mayor	Zekerijah Bahić (SDP BiH)
• Municipality	94.9 km^2 (36.6 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Municipality	4,667
• Municipality density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	52

Vukosavlje (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукосавље) is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the southern part of the Posavina region.^[1] As of 2013, it has a population of 4,667 inhabitants.

The small municipality was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Odžak (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity) (settlements: Gnionica, Jošava, Srnava and parts of Ade and Potočana) and some villages from Modriča (Jakeš, Pećnik and Modrički Lug).^[2]

Geography

It is located between municipalities of Odžak to the north, Šamac to the east, Modriča to the south, and Brod to the west.^[3]

Demographics

Population

^[4]

Population of settlements – Vukosavlje municipality
	Settlement	1991.	2013.
	Total	8,241	4,667
1	Jakeš	1,694	1,379
2	Modrički Lug	1,033	996
3	Vukosavlje	852	713
4	Gnionica	918	384
5	Jezero	399	310
6	Srnava	880	231
7	Potočani	428	188
8	Pećnik	1,487	170
9	Jošavica	252	147
10	Ada	272	129
11	Vrbovac	26	20
12	Novo Selo	0	0

Ethnic composition

Community Health Centre

Stadion in Jakeš

Ethnic composition – Vukosavlje
	2013.
Total	768 (100,0%)

Ethnic composition – Vukosavlje municipality
	2013.	1991.
Total	4,667 (100,0%)	7,999 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	2,180 (46,71%)	2,861 (35,77%)
Serbs	1,516 (32,48%)	1,332 (16,65%)
Croats	776 (16,63%)	3,440 (43,01%)
Others	195 (4,178%)	366 (4,58%)

2013

In the 2013 census,^[5] the municipality of Vukosavlje had 4,667 residents, including:

• 2,180 (46.71%) Bosniaks
• 1,516 (32.48%) Serbs
• 776 (16.62%) Croats
• 195 (4.17%) others

See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

References

1. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Posavina – Brisel i … nazad | DW | 06.10.2011". DW.COM (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
2. "O opštini Vukosavlje". vukosavlje.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
3. Тодоровић, Жељко (2018-04-15). "Општина Вукосавље". Српска енциклопедија (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
4. Vukosavlje - Statistics
5. "Home". popis2013.ba.

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