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Vlasenica

Coordinates: 44°11′N 18°56′E / 44.183°N 18.933°E / 44.183; 18.933
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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 in Republika Srpska, 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.

Etymology

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The origin is not clear, but due to the name it may be named after the Vlachs who inhibited the region historically. [1]

History

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Some 70-200 Serbs were brutally massacred by Ustaše forces in Vlasenica's Rašića Gaj municipality between 22 June and 20 July 1941, after raping women and girls.[2] 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.[3] Between 2,000 and 3,000 Muslims were massacred by Serb Chetniks in Vlasenica, from December 1941 until February 1942.[4] The Susica detention camp was established near Vlasenica in 1992. In its one year of existence, over 1,000 Bosniaks were reported to be killed in the brutal prison camp. During the course of the Yugoslav wars, 2.500 Bosniaks were killed in Vlasenica and the surrounding area.

Demographics

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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

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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

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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

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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):[5]

Activity Total
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

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Vlasenica". Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191905636 – via Oxford Reference.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Ivanišević, Milivoje (1994). Hronika našeg groblja ili Slovo o stradanju srpskog naroda Bratunca, Milića, Skelana i Srebrenice. Bratunac.
  4. ^ Dizdar 1996.
  5. ^ "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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