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Brotnja

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Brotnja
Бротња (Serbian)[1]
Village
Brotnja is located in Croatia
Brotnja
Brotnja
Coordinates: 44°26′41″N 16°07′24″E / 44.44472°N 16.12333°E / 44.44472; 16.12333
Country Croatia
CountyZadar County
MunicipalityGračac
Area
 • Total12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation
486 m (1,594 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total22
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23445 Srb
Area code+385 (23)

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

History

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • [1] 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

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