Pelagićevo
Town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Pelagićevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Пелагићево) is a village and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Posavina geographical region. As of 2013, the village has a population of 2,529 inhabitants, while the municipality has 5,220 inhabitants.
Pelagićevo
Пелагићево | |
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Village and municipality | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Coordinates: 44.90°N 18.61°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Named after | Vasa Pelagić |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Slavko Tešić (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 122.49 km2 (47.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Village | 2,529 |
| • Municipality | 5,220 |
| • Municipality density | 42.6/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 54 |
It was originally named Gornji Žabar (Serbian Cyrillic: Горњи Жабар) until 1970, when it was renamed after Vasa Pelagić, a representative of utopian socialism in Serbia during the second half of the nineteenth century, born in the village in 1833.[1]
History
The municipality was created after the Dayton Agreement from part of the pre-war municipality of Gradačac (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).[2]
Demographics
Population
| Population of settlements – Pelagićevo municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 13,256 | 5,220 | |||
| 1 | Blaževac | 318 | |||
| 2 | Donja Tramošnica | 381 | |||
| 3 | Gornja Tramošnica | 347 | |||
| 4 | Pelagićevo | 3,398 | 3,214 | 3,069 | 2,529 |
| 5 | Porebrice | 344 | |||
| 6 | Turić | 293 | |||
Ethnic composition
| Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo village | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 2,529 (100,0%) | 3,069 (100,0%) | 3,214 (100,0%) | 3,398 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 2,502 (98,93%) | 2,968 (96,71%) | 3,103 (96,55%) | 3,340 (98,29%) | |||
| Croats | 12 (0,474%) | 16 (0,521%) | 22 (0,685%) | 36 (1,059%) | |||
| Others | 10 (0,395%) | 34 (1,108%) | 31 (0,965%) | 13 (0,383%) | |||
| Muslims/Bosniaks | 5 (0,198%) | 4 (0,130%) | 5 (0,156%) | 6 (0,177%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 47 (1,531%) | 47 (1,462%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 4 (0,124%) | 2 (0,059%) | |||||
| Albanians | 2 (0,062%) | ||||||
| Montenegrins | 1 (0,029%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | ||||||
| Total | 5,220 (100,0%) | 13,256 (100,0%) | |||||
| Serbs | 3,330 (63,79%) | 4,634 (34,96%) | |||||
| Croats | 1,850 (35,44%) | 7,165 (54,05%) | |||||
| Others | 27 (0,517%) | 721 (5,439%) | |||||
| Muslims/Bosniaks | 13 (0,249%) | 736 (5,552%) | |||||
Sport
The town has a football club, FK Pelagićevo.
