Nevesinje

Nevesinje Невесиње
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Municipality :	Nevesinje
Coordinates :	43 ° 16 '  N , 18 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 '34 "  N , 18 ° 7' 15"  E
Height :	885  m. i. J.
Area :	1,040  km²
Residents :	11,940 (2018)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 59
Postal code :	88280
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Milenko Avdalović ( SNSD )
Website :	www.opstinanevesinje.rs.ba

Nevesinje [ nɛvɛsiɲɛ ] ( Serbian - Cyrillic Невесиње ) is a city and Opština (municipality, district) in the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The community had just under 12,000 inhabitants in 2018, around 4,000 of whom lived in the city itself. Nevesinje is located in Herzegovina and has been part of the Republika Srpska since the Bosnian War .

geography

Nevesinje is located about 900 m above sea level on the southwestern edge of the Nevesinjsko polje , which extends between the Velež and Crvanj mountains.

population

city

In the 1991 census, the actual city of Nevesinje had 4,068 inhabitants with the following ethnic self-attribution:

• Serbs - 3,247 (79.81%)
• Bosniaks - 634 (15.58%)
• Croatians - 39 (0.95%)
• Yugoslavs - 104 (2.55%)
• other - 44 (1.11%)

local community

The municipality of Nevesinje with its 56 villages had 14,448 inhabitants, including:

• Serbs - 10,711 (74.13%)
• Bosniaks - 3,313 (22.93%)
• Croatians - 210 (1.45%)
• Yugoslavs - 123 (0.85%)
• other - 91 (0.64%)

Ten localities had a Muslim majority, namely Borovčići, Gornja Bijenja, Hrušta, Kljuna, Kruševljani, Postoljani, Presjeka, Rabina, Sopilja and Žulja. Seljani had a Croatian majority. There was also a notable Croatian minority in Bojišta and Sopilja. The remaining places were predominantly Serbian.

Like the surrounding highland communities, Nevesinje was affected by a rapid decline in population even before the Bosnian War. In 1971 the community still had 19,333 inhabitants:

• Serbs - 14,479 (74.89%)
• Muslims (Bosniaks) - 4,370 (22.60%)
• Croatians - 384 (1.98%)
• Yugoslavs - 28 (0.14%)
• other - 72 (0.39%)

Due to the influx of Serb families from Mostar during and after the Bosnian War, the population remained almost the same and in 2013 was 13,758.

Religions

In the city of Nevesinje there are two Serbian Orthodox churches , several mosques: careva Damija, Sinan Kadi efendijina džamija i within the municipality there are eleven other churches in the places Batkovići, Biograd, Kifino Selo, Lakat, Luka, Slato, Udrežnje, Zalom , Žiljevo and Zovi Thu .

economy

The situation of Nevesinje's economy is conditional u. a. bad because of the aftermath of the Bosnian War . Much of the infrastructure is dependent on the Nevesinjska Puška military base , which was opened in 1875 and is currently used by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian armed forces.

administration

Included the following locations before the war to the municipality of Nevesinje: Batkovići, Bežđeđe, Biograd, Bojišta, Borovčići, bratac, Budisavlje, Donja Bijenja, Donji Drežanj, Donji Lukavac , Dramiševo, Gaj, Gornja Bijenja, Gornji Drežanj, Gornji Lukavac , Grabovica, Hrusta, Humčani, Jasena, Jugovići , Kifino Selo, Kljen, Kljuna, Kovačići, Krekovi, Kruševljani, Lakat, Luka, Miljevac, Nevesinje, Odžak, Plužine, Podgrađe, Postoljani, Presjeka, Progaidvorci, Prković, Rasti , Rabani , Slato, Sopilja, Studenci, Šehovina, Šipačno, Trusina, Udrežnje, Zaborani, Zalom, Zalužje, Zovi Do, Žiljevo, Žuberin and Žulja.

After the war, most of the Nevesinje parish was assigned to the Republika Srpska in the Dayton Treaty . The towns of Žulja, Rabina and part of Seljani came to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The municipality of Nevesinje is divided into 14 local communities ( mjesne zajednice ).

local community	population	households	Average residents of a household
Bijenja	?	?	?
Biograd	882	163	5.41
Drezanj	447	103	4.34
Grabovica	250	45	5.56
Kifino Selo	325	59	5.51
Luka	312	63	4.95
Lukavac	695	134	5.19
Nevesinje	3055	837	3.65
Odzak	316	67	4.72
Pridvorci	289	58	4.98
Rabina	514	94	5.47
Rilja	435	82	5.30
Udreznje	583	112	5.21
Zovi Thu	733	134	5.47

communication

The telephone code of Nevesinje for calls from abroad is (+387) 059. The code is composed as follows: +387 is the code for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The following 05 is used by cities within Republika Srpska and the 9 is the southernmost part of Republika Srpska, the Trebinje region which, apart from the municipality of Nevesinje also by municipalities Berkovici , Bileća , Gacko , Istočni Mostar , Ljubinje and Trebinje is used .

The postal code of the post office Nevesinje is 88280. This also serves other places within the municipality of Nevesinje. Within the municipality of Nevesinje there are three other post offices in Kifino Selo (88283), Odžak (88285) and Zovi Do (88286), which in turn also take care of other localities.

coat of arms

On the coat of arms of Nevesinje you can see Nevesinje written in white letters on a red background in Cyrillic script . Below is the Serbian flag: from top to bottom, red, blue, white. Below are two crossed rifles, which symbolize the military base Nevesinjska Puška, in front of a white mountain. This should symbolize that the military base has protected Nevesinje from its enemies and threats since it was set up. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the Serbian cross , which on the one hand symbolizes the Serbian people, who make up the majority in Nevesinje, and on the other hand the membership of Nevesinje to the Republika Srpska .

In February 2013 the Constitutional Court of the Republika Srpska declared the coats of arms of Nevesinje and Banja Luka to be illegal due to the reference to an ethnic group made by the Serbian cross shown in both.

Web links

Commons : Nevesinje  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website about Nevesinje

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. ↑ Neustavni grbovi Banjaluke i Nevesinja, February 20, 2013 , accessed on February 21, 2013