Brod (, ),The official web site of the municipality , Brod/Брод. formerly Bosanski Brod () and Srpski Brod (), is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the south bank of the river Sava, in the western part of the Posavina region.The official name of region As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,637 inhabitants, while the municipality has a population of 16,619 inhabitants.
Name The city's name refers to a place where river can be crossed, a ford.
Upon the conclusion of the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, Bosanski Brod was to be transferred to the Habsburg monarchy.;
Prior to the Bosnian War of the 1990s, the town was known as Bosanski Brod. During the war the prefix "Bosanski" was replaced with "Srpski" due to the town being under Serb control. In May 2009, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska removed any prefix from the name resulting in the name Brod. Today its official name is just Brod, without either prefix Bosanski or Srpski. The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.
The bridge over the Sava River at Brod was destroyed in the early hours of October 1992 by Croat forces after they along with the Croat population retreated across it to Slavonski Brod due to a Serb offensive, the bridge was destroyed in order to disallow any possible Serb offensives across it. It was rebuilt several years after hostilities ceased.
History
The area of Brod was inhabited since ancient times, which is testified by numerous artifacts from the Stone and Iron Age, as well as the Roman period.
Brod was first mentioned in 1691, during the Ottoman era as Turski Brod.
In 1878 Brod became a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and got the official name of Bosanski Brod with the beginning of building of the railroad to Sarajevo. The first train departed towards Derventa in 1879, while the service was expanded to Doboj later in the same year.
Poet and writer Duško Trifunović was born in village Sijekovac near Brod in 1933. Brod's main river promenade, along the bank of the Sava, is named after him.
Settlements Aside from the town of Brod, the following settlements comprise the municipality:
Brusnica Mala Brusnica Velika Donja Barica Donja Močila Donja Vrela Donje Kolibe Donji Klakar Gornja Barica Gornja Močila Gornja Vrela Gornje Kolibe Gornji Klakar Grk Koraće Kričanovo Kruščik Liješće Novo Selo Sijekovac Unka Vinska Zborište
Demographics Population Population of settlements – Brod municipalitySettlement1931.19481953.1961.1971.1981.1991.2013.Total30,11532,28633,74416,6191Brod7,3864,9935,3297,35010,00312,50614,0987,9612Donja Močila6592263Donje Kolibe8372194Donji Klakar5834075Gornja Močila7172206Gornje Kolibe1,4077237Gornji Klakar7554338Grk5592589Koraće2,0221,15110Liješće2,0321,51811Novo Selo2,95398212Sijekovac1,55145513Vinska56128214Zborište854381
Ethnic composition Ethnic composition – Brod townNationality2013.1991.1981.1971.Total7,961 (100,0%)14,098 (100,0%)12,506 (100,0%)10,003 (100,0%)Serbs6,767 (85,00%)4,373 (31,02%)3,505 (28,03%)3,229 (32,28%)Bosniaks521 (6,544%)2,246 (15,93%)1,682 (13,45%)2,093 (20,92%)Croats404 (5,075%)4,086 (28,98%)3,812 (30,48%)4,166 (41,65%)Others269 (3,379%)633 (4,490%)48 (0,384%)86 (0,860%)Yugoslavs2 760 (19,58%)3,406 (27,23%)376 (3,759%)Montenegrins25 (0,200%)24 (0,240%)Slovenes10 (0,080%)10 (0,100%)Macedonians8 (0,064%)3 (0,030%)Albanians6 (0,048%)3 (0,030%)Hungarians4 (0,032%)12 (0,120%)Roma1 (0,010%) Ethnic composition – Brod municipalityNationality2013.1991.1981.1971.Total16,619 (100,0%)34,138 (100,0%)32,286 (100,0%)30,115 (100,0%)Serbs11,477 (69,06%)11,389 (33,36%)10,737 (33,26%)11,273 (37,43%)Croats3,287 (19,78%)13,993 (40,99%)13,579 (42,06%)14,489 (48,11%)Bosniaks1,509 (9,080%)4,088 (11,97%)3,106 (9,620%)3,706 (12,31%)Others346 (2,082%)1 004 (2,941%)89 (0,276%)146 (0,485%)Yugoslavs3,664 (10,73%)4,704 (14,57%)436 (1,448%)Montenegrins28 (0,087%)30 (0,100%)Macedonians15 (0,046%)3 (0,010%)Slovenes11 (0,034%)13 (0,043%)Albanians11 (0,034%)3 (0,010%)Hungarians6 (0,019%)15 (0,050%)Roma1 (0,003%)
Administrative areas The Municipality of Brod according to population census from 1991, had twenty-three inhabited settlements, divided into twelve local communities:
City local communities MZ Brodsko Polje 1 MZ Brodsko Polje 2 MZ Brod - downtown MZ Karađorđevo MZ Rit MZ Tulek
Rural communities MZ Gornji Klakar MZ Donji Klakar MZ Gornje Kolibe MZ Donje Kolibe MZ Koraće MZ Liješće MZ Novo Selo MZ Sijekovac MZ Vinska MZ Unka MZ Gornja Vrela MZ Grk MZ Barica
Notable residents Duško Trifunović, children's writer and poet Sead Mašić, football player Edin Mujčin, football player Ljupko Petrović, football coach Velibor Vidić, boxer, bronze medal winner for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Zdravko Zovko, handball coach
See also Municipalities of Republika Srpska Sijekovac killings
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