Brod (Serbian Cyrillic: Брод, pronounced [brôːd]),[1] formerly Bosanski Brod (Serbian Cyrillic: Босански Брод) and Srpski Brod (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски Брод), is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the south bank of the river Sava, in the western part of the Posavina region.[2] As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,637 inhabitants, while the municipality has a population of 16,619 inhabitants.
Brod
Брод Bosanski Brod | |
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Town and municipality | |
 Brod | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Brod within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°59′E / 45.133°N 17.983°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Geographical region | Posavina |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Milan Zečević (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 229.3 km2 (88.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Town | 8,563 |
| • Municipality | 16,619 |
| • Municipality density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 53 |
| Website | www |
Name
editThe city's name refers to a place where river can be crossed, a ford.
Prior to the Bosnian War of the 1990s, the town was known as Bosanski Brod. During the war the prefix "Bosanski" was replaced with "Srpski" due to the town being under Serb control. In May 2009, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska removed any prefix from the name resulting in the name Brod. Today its official name is just Brod, without either prefix Bosanski or Srpski. The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.
The bridge over the Sava River at Brod was destroyed in the early hours of October 1992; it was rebuilt several years later after the hostilities ended.
History
editThe area of Brod was inhabited since ancient times, which is testified by numerous artifacts from the Stone and Iron Age, as well as the Roman period.[3]
Brod was first mentioned in 1691, during the Ottoman era as Turski Brod.[4]
In 1878 Brod became a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and got the official name of Bosanski Brod with the beginning of building of the railroad to Sarajevo. The first train departed towards Derventa in 1879, while the service was expanded to Doboj later in the same year.[4][5]
Poet and writer Duško Trifunović was born in village Sijekovac near Brod in 1933. Brod's main river promenade, along the bank of the Sava, is named after him.[6][7]
Settlements
editAside from the town of Brod, the following settlements comprise the municipality:
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Population of settlements – Brod municipality | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1931. | 1948 | 1953. | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 30,115 | 32,286 | 33,744 | 16,619 | |||||
| 1 | Brod | 7,386 | 4,993 | 5,329 | 7,350 | 10,003 | 12,506 | 14,098 | 7,961 |
| 2 | Donja Močila | 659 | 226 | ||||||
| 3 | Donje Kolibe | 837 | 219 | ||||||
| 4 | Donji Klakar | 583 | 407 | ||||||
| 5 | Gornja Močila | 717 | 220 | ||||||
| 6 | Gornje Kolibe | 1,407 | 723 | ||||||
| 7 | Gornji Klakar | 755 | 433 | ||||||
| 8 | Grk | 559 | 258 | ||||||
| 9 | Koraće | 2,022 | 1,151 | ||||||
| 10 | Liješće | 2,032 | 1,518 | ||||||
| 11 | Novo Selo | 2,953 | 982 | ||||||
| 12 | Sijekovac | 1,551 | 455 | ||||||
| 13 | Vinska | 561 | 282 | ||||||
| 14 | Zborište | 854 | 381 | ||||||
Ethnic composition
edit| Ethnic composition – Brod town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | |||
| Total | 7,961 (100,0%) | 14,098 (100,0%) | 12,506 (100,0%) | 10,003 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 6,767 (85,00%) | 4,373 (31,02%) | 3,505 (28,03%) | 3,229 (32,28%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 521 (6,544%) | 2,246 (15,93%) | 1,682 (13,45%) | 2,093 (20,92%) | |||
| Croats | 404 (5,075%) | 4,086 (28,98%) | 3,812 (30,48%) | 4,166 (41,65%) | |||
| Others | 269 (3,379%) | 633 (4,490%) | 48 (0,384%) | 86 (0,860%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 2 760 (19,58%) | 3,406 (27,23%) | 376 (3,759%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 25 (0,200%) | 24 (0,240%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 10 (0,080%) | 10 (0,100%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 8 (0,064%) | 3 (0,030%) | |||||
| Albanians | 6 (0,048%) | 3 (0,030%) | |||||
| Hungarians | 4 (0,032%) | 12 (0,120%) | |||||
| Roma | 1 (0,010%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Brod municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | |||
| Total | 16,619 (100,0%) | 34,138 (100,0%) | 32,286 (100,0%) | 30,115 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 11,477 (69,06%) | 11,389 (33,36%) | 10,737 (33,26%) | 11,273 (37,43%) | |||
| Croats | 3,287 (19,78%) | 13,993 (40,99%) | 13,579 (42,06%) | 14,489 (48,11%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 1,509 (9,080%) | 4,088 (11,97%) | 3,106 (9,620%) | 3,706 (12,31%) | |||
| Others | 346 (2,082%) | 1 004 (2,941%) | 89 (0,276%) | 146 (0,485%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 3,664 (10,73%) | 4,704 (14,57%) | 436 (1,448%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 28 (0,087%) | 30 (0,100%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 15 (0,046%) | 3 (0,010%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 11 (0,034%) | 13 (0,043%) | |||||
| Albanians | 11 (0,034%) | 3 (0,010%) | |||||
| Hungarians | 6 (0,019%) | 15 (0,050%) | |||||
| Roma | 1 (0,003%) | ||||||
Administrative areas
editThe Municipality of Brod according to population census from 1991, had twenty-three inhabited settlements, divided into twelve local communities:
City local communities
edit- MZ Brodsko Polje 1
- MZ Brodsko Polje 2
- MZ Brod - downtown
- MZ Karađorđevo
- MZ Rit
- MZ Tulek
Rural communities
edit- MZ Gornji Klakar
- MZ Donji Klakar
- MZ Gornje Kolibe
- MZ Donje Kolibe
- MZ Koraće
- MZ Liješće
- MZ Novo Selo
- MZ Sijekovac
- MZ Vinska
- MZ Unka
- MZ Gornja Vrela
- MZ Grk
- MZ Barica[8]
Notable residents
edit- Duško Trifunović, children's writer and poet
- Sead Mašić, football player
- Edin Mujčin, football player
- Ljupko Petrović, football coach
- Velibor Vidić, boxer, bronze medal winner for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Zdravko Zovko, handball coach
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The official web site of the municipality Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, Brod/Брод.
- ^ The official name of region Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Brod | Tourist organization Republic of Srpska" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ a b "Туризам - Општина Брод". opstina-brod.net. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Historija". Željeznice (in Bosnian). 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Preminuo pjesnik Duško Trifunović". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Turisticka organizacija opstine Brod". Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Мјесне заједнице | Opština Brod". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
Sources
edit- Mangold, Max (2005), Das Aussprachewörterbuch, Duden, ISBN 9783411040667
External links
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