Jezero (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Coordinates :	44 ° 21 '  N , 17 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 21 '2 "  N , 17 ° 10' 13"  E
Height :	430  m. i. J.
Area :	55.6  km²
Residents :	980 (2018)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) (+387) 50
Postal code :	70206
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Dušan Šajin (SNS)

Jezero ( Serbian - Cyrillic Језеро ) is a place and the associated municipality (opština) in central Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located on the Pliva between Jajce and Mrkonjić Grad and was created in 1992 during the Bosnian War as a split from the pre-war community of Jajce. It is located in the western part of the Republika Srpska directly on the entity border west of Jajce, which today belongs to the Federation .

geography

Church of St. Lazar in Jezero

Jezero is located on both sides of the Pliva above the Pliva Lakes, about ten kilometers west of the city center of Jajce. After Mrkonjić Grad it is twelve kilometers.

The districts of Borci, Čerkazovići, Đumezlije, Jezero, Kovačevac, Ljoljići, Perućica and Prisoje as well as small parts of Barevo, Bravnice and Drenov Do belong to Jezero. The south of the municipality is forested and uninhabited. The mountains in the municipality reach more than 1,200 meters.

history

Until the beginning of the Bosnian War in 1992, the districts of today's Jezero municipality belonged to the Jajce Association.

population

At the 2013 census, the community had 1,144 inhabitants. Of these, 73.5% described themselves as Serbs and 25.1% as Bosniaks . Before the war, the districts of Jezero, Čerkazovići, Đumezlije had a Muslim (Bosniak) majority, in all other districts the Serbs were in the majority.

traffic

Until 1975 Bravnice had a stop on the narrow-gauge railway line Lašva – Donji Vakuf – Jajce .

Personalities

• Slobodan Kačar (* 1957), boxer, born in Perućica
• Tadija Kačar (* 1956), boxer, born in Perućica

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. ↑ Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. Rezultati popisa. (pdf, 19.7 MB) Sarajevo, June 2016; P. 60
3. ↑ Results of the 1991 census by municipalities and localities ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2016 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

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