Oplećani

Coordinates: 43°43′N 17°17′E / 43.717°N 17.283°E / 43.717; 17.283
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Oplećani
Village
Oplećani is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oplećani
Oplećani
Coordinates: 43°43′N 17°17′E / 43.717°N 17.283°E / 43.717; 17.283
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CantonCanton 10
MunicipalityTomislavgrad
Area
 • Total16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total376
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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.

Name[edit]

Originally, the village was called Oplećane.[1]

History[edit]

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[edit]

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

Footnotes[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Ethnicity/National Affiliation, Religion and Mother Tongue (PDF). Sarajevo: Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2019.
  • Knezović, Pavao (2000). "Duvanjski kraj u franjevačkim šematizmima" [The region of Duvno in the Franciscan schematisms]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.
  • Kovačević, Marko (2000). "Duvanjski govor i njegove posebnosti" [The speech of Duvno and its peculiarities]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.
  • Milić, Angelika (2000). "Popis nekropola duvanjskog područja" [The list of necropolis of the territory of Duvno]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.
  • Nacionalni sastav stanovništva [The national composition of the population] (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine. 1994.
  • Nacionalni sastav stanovništva FNR Jugoslavije [The national composition of the population of the FNR Yugoslavia] (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 1. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. 1994.
  • Nacionalni sastav stanovništva FNR Jugoslavije [The national composition of the population of the FNR Yugoslavia] (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 2. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. 1994.
  • Nacionalni sastav stanovništva FNR Jugoslavije [The national composition of the population of the FNR Yugoslavia] (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 3. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. 1994.
  • Šarić, Ivan (2000). "Arheološka topografija duvanjskog kraja" [The archeological topograhy of the region of Duvno]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.

43°43′N 17°17′E / 43.717°N 17.283°E / 43.717; 17.283