Trnovo, Republika Srpska

Trnovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Трново) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 2,050 inhabitants.

Trnovo Трново
Municipality
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Location of Trnovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°39′56″N 18°26′47″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
City	Istočno Sarajevo
Area
• Total	138 km^2 (53 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	2,050
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	57
Website	www.trnovo-rs.com

It consists of roughly one third of the pre-war municipality of Trnovo. Roughly two thirds of the pre-war Trnovo municipality is now part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.

Geography

Trnovo is situated south of Sarajevo on the M-18 road Sarajevo-Trnovo-Foča-Trebinje. It is surrounded by the Jahorina, Bjelašnica and Treskavica mountains which were the locations of Olympic competitions during the 1984 Winter Olympics. Those mountains are popular destinations for a variety of winter sports and activities.[1]

The Željeznica river is one of the town's chief geographic features. It flows through the town and municipality from south through the center of Trnovo, Kijevo and East Sarajevo to west part of Sarajevo City eventually meets with the Bosna river.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Trnovo, the municipality includes the following settlements:[2]

• Bašci
• Bistročaj
• Bogatići
• Boljanovići
• Divčići
• Donja Presjenica
• Govedovići
• Grab
• Gračanica
• Ilovice
• Jablanica
• Kijevo
• Klanac
• Kozija Luka
• Milje
• Podivič
• Rajski Do
• Slavljevići
• Tošići
• Turovi
• Ulobići
• Vrbovnik
• Zabojska

Demographics

The pre-war municipality, with 63 settlements, had a total population of 6,991 people, of whom Muslims consisted 68.81% and Serbs 29.45% of total population. Most of the Serb-inhabited settlements became part of the Trnovo municipality of Republika Srpska (RS). The 2013 census preliminary results counted 2,192 inhabitants of the municipality of Trnovo in RS, and 1,018 in the settlement of Trnovo in RS.

Population

Population of settlements – Trnovo (RS) municipality
	Settlement	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	9,555	8,161	6,991	2,050
1	Jablanica			435	257
2	Kijevo			452	269
3	Tošići			391	259
4	Trnovo	765	1,403	2,099	1,018

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Trnovo (RS) town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	1,018 (100,0%)	2,099 (100,0%)	1,403 (100,0%)	765 (100,0%)
Bosniaks		1,078 (51,36%)	552 (39,34%)	233 (30,46%)
Serbs		939 (44,74%)	737 (52,53%)	506 (66,14%)
Yugoslavs		46 (2,192%)	91 (6,486%)	1 (0,131%)
Others		22 (1,048%)	2 (0,143%)
Croats		14 (0,667%)	8 (0,570%)	17 (2,222%)
Montenegrins			13 (0,927%)	7 (0,915%)
Slovenes				1 (0,131%)

Ethnic composition – Trnovo (RS) municipality
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	2,050 (100,0%)	6,991 (100,0%)	8,161 (100,0%)	9,555 (100,0%)
Serbs	1,178 (57,46%)	2,059 (29,45%)	2,242 (27,47%)	3,093 (32,37%)
Bosniaks	837 (40,83%)	4,790 (68,52%)	5,693 (69,76%)	6,342 (66,37%)
Others	20 (0,976%)	54 (0,772%)	22 (0,270%)	40 (0,419%)
Croats	15 (0,732%)	16 (0,229%)	19 (0,233%)	50 (0,523%)
Yugoslavs		72 (1,030%)	163 (1,997%)	12 (0,126%)
Montenegrins			19 (0,233%)	17 (0,178%)
Slovenes			3 (0,037%)	1 (0,010%)

Gallery

• 
  Ruined Trnovo after the Bosnian war, 9 October 1996
• 
  Bogatići Small Hydroelectric Power Station
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  Landscape from the area
• 
  Road towardsTrnovo
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  Serbian Orthodox church, built in the 19th century
• 
  Monument dedicated to the Serb victims of the Bosnian war

References

1. Jahorina official website; accessed 13 December 2015.
2. Министарство управе и локалне самоуправе Републике Српске. "Уредба о насељеним мјестима која чине подручје јединице локалне самоуправе". Влада Републике Српске. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Trnovo Municipality, Official Website