Orašje

For other uses, see Orašje (disambiguation).

Orašje (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашје) is a city and the capital of Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of river Sava near the border with Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 19,861 inhabitants.

Orašje Орашје
City
Grad Orašje Град Орашје City of Orašje
Coat of arms
Location of Orašje within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 45°2′10″N 18°41′36″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Posavina
Geographical region	Posavina
Government
• Mayor	Marijan Oršolić (HDZ BiH)
Area
• City	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2013 census)
• City	19,861
• Density	163/km2 (420/sq mi)
• Urban	3,614
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	76270
Area code	(+387) 31
Website	www.orasje.ba

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Orašje municipality
	Settlement	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	25,740	27,806	28,211	21,284
1	Bok			1,705	1,392
2	Donja Mahala			4,273	3,702
3	Kopanice			1,317	768
4	Kostrč			1,655	1,379
5	Matići			2,034	1,602
6	Orašje	2,787	3,420	3,907	3,796
7	Oštra Luka				1,595
8	Tolisa			3,326	2,731
9	Ugljara			1,400	1,205
10	Vidovice			2,273	1,678

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Orašje town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	3,796 (100,0%)	3,907 (100,0%)	3,420 (100,0%)	2,787 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	2,075 (57,41%)	1,843 (47,17%)	1,503 (43,95%)	1,840 (66,02%)
Croats	1,350 (37,35%)	591 (15,13%)	426 (12,46%)	333 (11,95%)
Unaffiliated	84 (2,324%)
Serbs	42 (1,162%)	875 (22,40%)	662 (19,36%)	442 (15,86%)
Albanians	27 (0,747%)		29 (0,848%)	34 (1,220%)
Others	21 (0,581%)	128 (3,276%)	16 (0,468%)	24 (0,861%)
Unknown	7 (0,194%)
Yugoslavs	2 (0,055%)	470 (12,03%)	761 (22,25%)	92 (3,301%)
Montenegrins	2 (0,055%)		10 (0,292%)	14 (0,502%)
Roma	2 (0,055%)			5 (0,179%)
Macedonians	1 (0,028%)		10 (0,292%)
Ukrainians	1 (0,028%)
Slovenes			2 (0,058%)	1 (0,036%)
Hungarians			1 (0,029%)	2 (0,072%)

Ethnic composition – Orašje municipality
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	21,284 (100,0%)	28,367 (100,0%)	27,806 (100,0%)	25,740 (100,0%)
Croats	17,345 (87,33%)	21,308 (75,12%)	20,705 (74,46%)	19,354 (75,19%)
Bosniaks	2,127 (10,71%)	1,893 (6,673%)	1,548 (5,567%)	1,867 (7,253%)
Serbs	159 (0,800%)	4,235 (14,93%)	4 151 (14,93%)	4,266 (16,57%)
Unaffiliated	100 (0,503%)
Others	59 (0,297%)	305 (1,075%)	174 (0,626%)	62 (0,241%)
Albanians	28 (0,141%)		42 (0,151%)	34 (0,132%)
Unknown	26 (0,131%)
Ukrainians	5 (0,025%)
Yugoslavs	4 (0,020%)	626 (2,207%)	1,153 (4,147%)	131 (0,509%)
Macedonians	3 (0,015%)		12 (0,043%)	2 (0,008%)
Montenegrins	2 (0,010%)		18 (0,065%)	15 (0,058%)
Roma	2 (0,010%)			5 (0,019%)
Turks	1 (0,005%)
Slovenes			2 (0,007%)	2 (0,008%)
Hungarians			1 (0,004%)	2 (0,008%)

Sports

The local football club is HNK Orašje.

Notable people

• Zdenko Baotić, footballer
• Bakir Beširević, former footballer
• Ivo Gregurević, actor
• Edin Husić, footballer
• Miro Klaić, former football player
• Mato Neretljak, former footballer
• Marko Topić, former footballer
• Aleksandar Živković, footballer

References

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)