Orašje

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City in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 / ﻿45.03611°N 18.69333°E﻿ / 45.03611; 18.69333
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

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.

## Demographics

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### Population

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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

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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

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The local football club is HNK Orašje.

## Notable people

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* 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

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## External links

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