Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grude
Груде

Coat of arms of Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Federation of BiH
Canton :
Coordinates : 43 ° 22 '  N , 17 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 22 '19 "  N , 17 ° 24' 52"  E
Height : 270  m. i. J.
Area : 221  km²
Residents : 17,865 (2013)
Population density : 81 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 66
Postal code : 88340
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Structure : 15 local communities
Mayor : Ljubo Grizelj ( HDZ BiH )
Postal address : from Gabre Grubišića 4
88340 Grude
Website :
Others
Patron saint : St. Catherine
( Sv. Kata )
City Festival : November 25th
(patron saint's day)
Sokolac Rogatica Rudo Višegrad Pale Foča Gacko Kalinovik Nevesinje Bileća Trebinje Ravno Ljubinje Konjic Istočni Mostar Berkovići Neum Mostar Stolac Čapljina Čajniče Goražde Pale-Prača Ustiprača Foča-Ustikolina Srebrenica Bratunac Milići Han Pijesak Zvornik Bijeljina Brčko Ugljevik Lopare Vlasenica Šekovići Osmaci Olovo Ilijaš Hadžići Ilidža Trnovo Istočni Stari Grad Istočna Ilidža Vogošća Sarajevo-Stari Grad Sarajevo-Centar Sarajevo-Novi Grad Istočno Novo Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo Visoko Glamoč Livno Bosansko Grahovo Kupres Kupres (RS) Šipovo Jajce Donji Vakuf Bugojno Gornji Vakuf Prozor-Rama Jablanica Tomislavgrad Posušje Grude Široki Brijeg Ljubuški Čitluk Fojnica Kreševo Kiseljak Busovača Novi Travnik Travnik Zenica Vitez Kakanj Vareš Breza Kladanj Živinice Kalesija Sapna Teočak Tuzla Lukavac Čelić Srebrenik Banovići Zavidovići Žepče Maglaj Tešanj Usora Dobretići Gradačac Gračanica Doboj Istok Velika Kladuša Cazin Bužim Bosanska Krupa Bihać Bosanski Petrovac Drvar Sanski Most Ključ Petrovac (RS) Istočni Drvar Ribnik Mrkonjić Grad Jezero Kneževo Kotor Varoš Teslić Banja Luka Oštra Luka Krupa na Uni Prijedor Novi Grad Kostajnica Kozarska Dubica Gradiška Srbac Laktaši Čelinac Prnjavor Derventa Doboj Stanari Modriča Brod Pelagićevo Donji Žabar Orašje Domaljevac-Šamac Šamac Odžak VukosavljeLocation of the municipality of Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (clickable map)
About this picture

Grude ( Cyrillic  Груде ) is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina with just under 18,000 inhabitants. The community, almost exclusively populated by Croats , is located in western Herzegovina and belongs to the canton of West Herzegovina of the Federation .

The main town of the same name is the administrative seat of the municipality. The municipality is divided into 15 local communities : Pocrte, Borajna, Tihaljina, Grude Zapad, Cerov Dolac Pogana Vlaka, Ledinac-Podledinac, Višnjica-Medovići, Dragicina, Jabuka-Puteševica, Ružići, Gorica, Sovici Donji , Sovici Gornji , Drinovci and Grude Centar.

population

Population in the municipality of Grude according to the 1991 census:

  • Total: 15,976
  • Croatians: 13,150 (99.77%)
  • Serbs: 8 (0.05%)
  • Bosniaks: 4 (0.03%)
  • Others: 25 (0.16%)

geography

Geographically, the Verbandsgemeinde is determined by the course of the Bekijsko Polje, which runs from northwest to southeast and then widens to the west to a lowland. The lowlands are very fertile and are mainly used for agriculture. The mountain ranges and plateaus adjoining in the course of the valley cuts are karstified and hardly usable for agriculture. With a height of 819 m, the Trstike mountain in the southwest is the highest elevation in the association, the lowlands are at around 250 m. The Verbandsgemeinde Grude has an area of ​​about 221 km². Grude is around 40 km from Mostar and around 100 km from Split .

Neighboring communities

Grude borders in the northwest on Posušje , in the northeast on Široki Brijeg , in the southeast on Ljubuški , in the west on Imotski ( Croatia ) and in the south on Vrgorac (Croatia).

Geographical location

The Verbandsgemeinde Grude has an extension of around 18 km in a north-south direction and around 22 km in a west-east direction.

history

During the Bosnian War , Grude was the seat of government of the internationally unrecognized Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna , with its President Mate Boban .

On April 6, 2001, following a raid by SFOR troops in the local branch of Hercegovačka banka in Grude, a hostage-taking occurred .

religion

The population of the large community of Grude is almost exclusively Catholic .

There are six Roman Catholic parishes in the municipality : Grude, Drinovci, Gorica, Ružići, Tihaljina and Ledinac. The parishes belong to the Mostar-Duvno diocese .

Town twinning

The municipality of Grude has twinned cities with Slunj ( Croatia ) and Baldissero Torinese (Italy).

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Kamenko (ice cream factory)
  • Violeta (toilet paper factory)
  • Prima (brewery)
  • Grafotisak (printer)

traffic

  • Regional road R 420 Grude - Privalj - Široki Brijeg - Mostar
  • Regional road R 421 Sovići-Klobuk
  • New regional road Grude-Posušje

Sports

Personalities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet presence of the large community of Grude. Retrieved December 3, 2013 (Croatian).
  2. ↑ Central European News: SFOR raids Croat bank - take two , April 23, 2001
  3. ↑ Website of the Peace Marathon Međugorje ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peace-marathon-medjugorje.com