Brotnja

Brotnja (Serbian Cyrillic: Бротња)^[1] is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway.

Brotnja Бротња (Serbian)[1]
Village
Brotnja
Coordinates: 44°26′41″N 16°07′24″E
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar County
Municipality	Gračac
Area [2]
• Total	12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	22
• Density	1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23445 Srb
Area code	+385 (23)

History

During the Second World War, on 27 July 1941, Serb Communist insurgents and Chetniks attacked the village and committed a massacre of Croat civilians known as the Brotnja massacre.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Brotnja had 47 inhabitants.^[4]

Population[5]
1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
350	447	271	392	519	531	541	627	366	375	287	229	170	125	34	47

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Brotnja had 125 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as following:

Brotnja
1991
total: 125   Serbs 123 (98.40%)   Montenegrins 1 (0.80%)   Yugoslavs 1 (0.80%)

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Brotnja had 531 inhabitants in 4 hamlets, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Population by language	Croatian or Serbian
Brotnja	331
Suvajska Joševica	92
Suvajski Ponorac	85
Zaglavci	23
Total	531 (100%)

Population by religion	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholics
Brotnja	277	54
Suvajska Joševica	92	-
Suvajski Ponorac	85	-
Zaglavci	23	-
Total	477 (89.83%)	54 (10.16%)

Literature

• Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
• Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880-1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

References

1. Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
2. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
4. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Brotnja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. - Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.