Derventa

Derventa Дервента
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Coordinates :	44 ° 59 ′  N , 17 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ 36 "  N , 17 ° 54 ′ 21"  E
Height :	120  m. i. J.
Area :	517  km²
Residents :	25,311 (2018)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 53
Postal code :	74400
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Milorad Simić ( SNSD )
Website :	www.derventa.ba
Others
City Festival :	August 28 (Derventski Vašar)

Derventa ( Serbian - Cyrillic Дервента ) is a city with about 25,000 inhabitants in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located in the Republika Srpska .

Before the war in Bosnia, Derventa was an industrial city that was partially destroyed. After the war, most of the factories did not start operating again. Big employers are missing, the cityscape is dominated by some renovated houses from the socialist era and newly built cafes and small businesses.

geography

Aerial view of Derventa

Derventa is located in the Ukrina valley , a right tributary of the Save . In the summer of 2010, the city was badly affected by flooding. The Opština Derventa borders on the municipalities of Srbac , Brod , Modriča , Doboj , Prnjavor and in the north on Croatia .

population

Before the Bosnian War, the ethnic distribution of the population of Derventa was fairly even. At the time of the 1991 census, the city of Derventa had 17,748 inhabitants.

Derventa
year	1991	1981	1971
Muslims	5,558 (31.31%)	4,593 (31.99%)	5,065 (42.83%)
Serbs	4,555 (25.66%)	2,934 (20.43%)	2,496 (21.10%)
Croatians	4,317 (24.32%)	3,727 (25.95%)	3,439 (29.08%)
Yugoslavs	2,623 (14.77%)	2,799 (19.49%)	459 (3.88%)
Other	695 (3.91%)	304 (2.11%)	365 (3.08%)
together	17,748	14,357	11,824

Orthodoxy Square, in the background the Roman Catholic Church of St. George

56,489 inhabitants lived in the municipality of Derventa at the same time, of whom 22,938 (40.6%) were Serbs , 21,952 (38.9%) were Croatians , 7,086 (12.54%) were Muslim and 3,348 (5.92%) ) called Yugoslavs .

A total of 57 places belong to the municipality, which are grouped into 30 local communities (mjesne zajednice) : Agići, Begluci, Bijelo Brdo, Bosanski Dubočac, Brezici, Bukovac, Bukovica Mala, Bukovica Velika, Bunar, Cerani, Crnča, Dažnica, Derventa, Donja Bišnja , Donja Lupljanica, Donji Detlak, Donji Višnjik, Drijen, Gornja Bišnja, Gornja Lupljanica, Gornji Božinci, Gornji Detlak, Gornji Višnjik, Gradac, Gradina, kalenderovci Donji, calenderovci Gornji, Kostrešovci, Kulani, Kulentski, Kulani, Lugina Lužani Bosanski, Lužani Novi, Mala Sočanica, Mišinci, Miškovci, Modran, Osinja , Osojci, Pjevalovac, Pojezna, Poljari, Polje, Rapćani, Stanići, Šušnjari, Tetima, Trstenci, Tunjestala and. Velika, Velika Sočanica, Zelenavi Živinice.

Between 1905 and 1942 there was a large group of German-speaking residents in the Polje district. They came partly from the German settlement in Windthorst ( Nova Topola ), partly from the then Austro-Hungarian Galicia . In 1942, the majority were for Germany relocated . Only a few stayed in Derventa. They were those who had Croatian or Serbian spouses.

traffic

Derventa is on Magistral Road 17-2 ( Brod - Doboj ). It is 26 kilometers to the international border crossing to Slavonski Brod and 31 kilometers to the Croatian motorway 3 ( Zagreb - Belgrade ). Magistral roads also lead to Gradiška (77 km) and Banja Luka (83 km).

In 1879, Derventa was connected to the railway network with the opening of the Bosanski Brod - Žepče section of the Bosna Railway leading to Sarajevo . In 1968 the traffic on the section Derventa - Doboj and in 1969 on the remaining branch line to Bosanski Brod was stopped.

Personalities

• Veljko Babić (1910–1997), Serbian Orthodox priest and mayor of the city for many years
• Abas Arslanagić (* 1944), handball player
• Mile Kitić (* 1952), singer
• Mario Tokić (* 1975), soccer player / soccer coach
• Vedran Ćorluka (born 1986), footballer
• Krešimir Kozina (* 1990), handball player
• Ivan Martić (* 1990), footballer
• Bruno Kozina (* 1992), handball player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
2. ↑ 1991 census ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Derventa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Derventa Café
• Report of the Federal Commissioner for Bosnia ( Memento of October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (1998)