Hrvatska Kostajnica

Hrvatska Kostajnica

coat of arms

Coordinates: 45 ° 13 ′ 48 ″ N , 16 ° 32 ′ 24 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Sisak-Moslavina

Height :

109 m. i. J.

Area :

55.4 km²

Residents :

2,756 (2011)

Population density :

50 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 044

Postal code :

44 430

License plate :

SK

Structure and administration
(as of 2017)

Community type :

city

Mayor :

Dalibor Bišćan ( HDZ )

Website :

www.hrvatska-kostajnica.hr

Hrvatska Kostajnica , often just called Kostajnica , (German outdated Castanowitz ) is a small town in central Croatia .

location

View over the Una to Hrvatska Kostajnica

It is located in the Sisak-Moslavina County south of Petrinja and Sisak on the Una River , which forms the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina . On the opposite side of the river is the former border fortress Stari Grad and, behind a silted up river arm, the village of Bosanska Kostajnica , which belongs to the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the state border at this point does not run directly in the Una, but a little south of the river.

population

The population of the municipality Hrvatska Kostajnica was 2,756 people at the 2011 census. The urban area has 2,127 inhabitants. 69.34% of the inhabitants of the municipality describe themselves as Croatians and 25.04% as Serbs .

History of the name

The name is supposedly derived from the term "kostanj" (chestnut, chestnut). Previous names of the city were:

1240: Koztainicha
1258: Kozstanicha
1272: Kaztanicha
1351: Coztanycha
1362: Costgnanice
1600: Castanowiz

traffic

Hrvatska Kostajnica has a stop on the Banja Luka – Sunja railway line . South of the road bridge over the Una is an international border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Sons and daughters

Svetozar Boroëvić von Bojna , Austro-Hungarian field marshal