Međurečje (Rudo)

Međurečje (Serbian Cyrillic: Међуречје) is a village located in the municipality of Rudo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2] It is surrounded by the Serbian municipality of Priboj, in Zlatibor District, making it an exclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an enclave within Serbia, a kilometer from the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While Serbia recognizes Međurečje as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the entire area is currently under the administration of the Serbian government. Sastavci is the neighboring village in Serbia.

Međurečje Међуречје
Village
Map of Međurečje enclave, part of the municipality of Rudo, Republika Srpska (BIH)
Coordinates: 43.5561°N 19.4128°E / 43.5561; 19.4128
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Area
• Total	3.958 km2 (1.528 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2013[1])
• Total	171
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+387) 58

Demographics

With an area of 395.84 hectares (978.1 acres), Međurečje has 173 inhabitants as of 2013 census. In 1999, the village had 75 households with a population of 270.^[3][4]

Vital infrastructure in the enclave of Međurečje is tied to the Serbian municipality of Priboj. A majority of the population works in Priboj. However, the land of Međurečje is registered in the municipality of Rudo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), where the population of the village pays its land tax.^[4]

History

Historic facts about the formation of the enclave within the territory of Serbia are not known, but it is believed to be tied to the period after the 1878 Congress of Berlin, when the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were sharing the border and Austria-Hungary was allowed to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[4]

References

1. "Independent Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Međurečje settlement". nasbih.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 Nov 2015.
2. "Systematic List of Municipalities and Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). fzs.ba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 Nov 2015.
3. "Jan S. Krogh's Geosite: Bosnian exclave of Međurječje". geosite.jankrogh.com. Retrieved 20 Nov 2015.
4. Embassy of Serbia, Canberra, Australia (26 Aug 2004). "Questions about enclaves of Serbia and Montenegro". article.gmane.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2005. Retrieved 20 Nov 2015 – via Dr. Brendan R. Whyte, Curator of Maps at National Library of Australia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Information and a map of the village
• Međurečje – "pedalj Bosne u Srbiji, zemlja svačija i ničija" at rts.rs