thumb|279x279px|Čelinac municipality by population proportional to the settlement with the highest and lowest population
Čelinac () is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,548 inhabitants, while the town of Čelinac has a population of 5,097 inhabitants.
Geography
It is located along the Jošavka and Vrbanja rivers, between the municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš and Kneževo (formerly known as Skender Vakuf) to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.
History
War in Yugoslavia
The main initiator and leader of the persecution of the non-Serb population in the valley of the Vrbanja river and Bosanska Krajina, including Čelinac, was a member of the SDS — Radoslav Brđanin, a native of the nearby village of Popovac.
Brđanin was a leading political figure in the Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK). During The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, he was in key positions at the municipal, regional and "republic" level. Among other things, he was the first vice president of the Assembly of the ARK, president of the ARK Crisis Staff and later as acting vice minister of production, minister of construction, traffic and utilities and acting deputy prime minister of Republika Srpska (RS).
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) condemned him for various crimes to 30 years in prison.
During the War in Bosnia, along with other generally known reprisals, the local authorities had introduced restrictions for Bosniaks and Croats, i.e. the non-Serb population. In addition to those who had experienced this, among other things, bears witness to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić before the Tribunal in The Hague. At the hearing in 2013, a witness, in response to Nikola Poplašen, stated:
Settlements
Aside from the town of Čelinac, the municipality includes the following settlements:
- Balte
- Basići
- Branešci Donji
- Branešci Gornji
- Brezičani
- Crni Vrh
- Čelinac Gornji
- Dubrava Nova
- Dubrava Stara
- Grabovac
- Jošavka Donja
- Jošavka Gornja
- Kablovi
- Kamenica
- Lađevci
- Lipovac
- Markovac
- Mehovci
- Memići
- Miloševo
- Opsječko
- Popovac
- Skatavica
- Šahinovići
- Šnjegotina Donja
- Šnjegotina Srednja
- Šnjegotina Velika
- Štrbe
- Vijačani Gornji
Demographics
thumb|TheVrbanja river
thumb|The town assembly
thumb|The Community Health centre
thumb|right|A Church in Jošavka Donja
thumb|The [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Archangel Gabriel]]
thumb|Monument dedicated to the fighters of Republika Srpska
Population
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Population of settlements – Čelinac municipality
|-
|
|Settlement
|1971.
|1981.
|1991.
|2013.
|-
|
|Total
|17,430
|18,354
|18,713
|15,117
|-
|1
|Balte
|
|
|234
|141
|-
|2
|Basići
|
|
|237
|27
|-
|3
|Branešci Gornji
|
|
|645
|375
|-
|4
|Branešci Donji
|
|
|779
|555
|-
|5
|Brezičani
|
|
|517
|393
|-
|6
|Vijačani Gornji
|
|
|544
|362
|-
|7
|Grabovac
|
|
|648
|568
|-
|8
|Dubrava Nova
|
|
|13
|24
|-
|9
|Dubrava Stara
|
|
|771
|614
|-
|10
|Jošavka Gornja
|
|
|563
|441
|-
|11
|Jošavlka Donja
|
|
|957
|746
|-
|12
|Kablovi
|
|
|294
|118
|-
|13
|Kamenica
|
|
|28
|38
|-
|14
|Lađevci
|
|
|527
|303
|-
|15
|Lipovac
|
|
|308
|119
|-
|16
|Markovac
|
|
|167
|161
|-
|17
|Memići
|
|
|218
|118
|-
|18
|Mehovci
|
|
|266
|7
|-
|19
|Miloševo
|
|
|359
|322
|-
|20
|Opsječko
|
|
|950
|1,180
|-
|21
|Popovac
|
|
|306
|144
|-
|22
|Skatavica
|
|
|149
|70
|-
|23
|Crni Vrh
|
|
|756
|520
|-
|24
|Čelinac
|1,321
|3,136
|4,857
|5,097
|-
|25
|Čelinac Gornji
|
|
|513
|514
|-
|26
|Šahinovići
|
|
|170
|104
|-
|27
|Šnjegotina Velika
|
|
|836
|534
|-
|28
|Šnjegotina Donja
|
|
|572
|326
|-
|29
|Šnjegotina Srednja
|
|
|922
|583
|-
|30
|Štrbe
|
|
|605
|613
|}
Ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="5" |Ethnic composition – Čelinac town
|-
|Nationality
|2013.
|1991.
|1981.
|1971.
|-
|Total
|5.097 (100%)
|4.857 (100%)
|3.136 (100%)
|1.321 (100%)
|-
|Serbs
|
|3.450 (71,0%)
|1.798 (57,3%)
|569 (43,1%)
|-
|Bosniaks
|
|1.005 (20,7%)
|817 (26,1%)
|694 (52,5%)
|-
|Croats
|
|51 (1,1%)
|57 (1,8%)
|32 (2,4%)
|-
|Yugoslavs
|
|234 (4,8%)
|402 (12,8%)
|7 (0,5%)
|-
|Others
|
|117 (2,4%)
|62 (2,0%)
|19 (1,4%)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="5" |Ethnic composition – Čelinac municipality
|-
|Nationality
|2013.
|1991.
|1981.
|1971.
|-
|Total
|15.117 (100%)
|18.713 (100%)
|18.354 (100%)
|17.430 (100%)
|-
|Serbs
|14.508 (96,0%)
|16.554 (88,5%)
|15.832 (86,3%)
|15.880 (91,1%)
|-
|Bosniaks
|395 (2,6%)
|1.446 (7,7%)
|1.232 (6,7%)
|1.209 (6,9%)
|-
|Croats
|48 (0,3%)
|76 (0,4%)
|86 (0,5%)
|90 (0,5%)
|-
|Yugoslavs
|
|377 (2,0%)
|885 (4,8%)
|14 (0,1%)
|-
|Others
|166 (1,1%)
|260 (1,4%)
|319 (1,7%)
|237 (1,4%)
|}
Economy
The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered employed people per their core activity (as of 2016):
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Professional field
! Total
|-
|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|94
|-
|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|-
|-
|Manufacturing||align="right"|1,123
|-
|Distribution of power, gas, steam and air-conditioning||align="right"|49
|-
|Distribution of water and water waste management||align="right"|25
|-
|Construction||align="right"|85
|-
|Wholesale and retail, repair||align="right"|534
|-
|Transportation and storage||align="right"|175
|-
|Hotels and restaurants||align="right"|105
|-
|Information and communication||align="right"|12
|-
|Finance and insurance||align="right"|18
|-
|Real estate activities||align="right"|2
|-
|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|43
|-
|Administrative and support services||align="right"|76
|-
|Public administration and defence||align="right"|132
|-
|Education||align="right"|253
|-
|Healthcare and social work ||align="right"|91
|-
|Art, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|12
|-
|Other service activities||align="right"|42
|- class="sortbottom"
|Total||align="right"|2,871
|}
See also
- Municipalities of Republika Srpska
Notable people
- Radoslav Brđanin, politician
- Rajko Kuzmanović, politician
- Željko Blagojević, ultra runner
References
External links
- Official Municipality Web Page
- Čelinac on the Internet