Oplećani
Village in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Oplećani or Oplećane is a village in the Municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Oplećani | |
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Village | |
  Oplećani | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′N 17°17′E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Canton 10 |
| Municipality | Tomislavgrad |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 376 |
| • Density | 23.2/km2 (60.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Name
Originally, the village was called Oplećane.[1]
History
Franciscan Petar Bakula wrote two schematisms, one for the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in 1867, and the other for the Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina in 1873.[2] According to these two schematisms, in 1867, Oplećani had 25 Catholics, and in 1873, their number rose to 46.[3]
Northeast of the village there's an Illyrian fortress,[4] while in the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox cemeteries there are 24 stećci, medieval tombstones.[5]
Population
| Ethnic group | Population 2013[6] |
Population 1991[7] |
Population 1981[8] |
Population 1971[9] |
Population 1961[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks/Muslims | 308 (81.91%) | 306 (72.17%) | 306 (71.50%) | 299 (71.87%) | 290 (66.82%) |
| Croats | 67 (17.82%) | 76 (17.92%) | 73 (17.06%) | 66 (15.87%) | 65 (14.98%) |
| Serbs | 0 | 36 (8.49%) | 43 (10.05%) | 50 (12.02%) | 79 (18.20%) |
| Others or unknown | 1 (0.27%) | 6 (1.42%) | 6 (1.40%) | 1 (0.24%) | 0 |
| Total | 376 | 424 | 428 | 416 | 434 |