Žepče Жепче | |
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Town andmunicipality | |
 House of Culture in Žepče | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Žepče within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
  Žepče | |
| Coordinates:44°26′N18°02′E / 44.433°N 18.033°E /44.433; 18.033 | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Zenica-Doboj |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Mato Zovko (HDZ BiH) |
| Area | |
• Total | 282 km2 (109 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 31,582 |
| • Density | 112/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 32 |
| Website | www |
Žepče (Serbian Cyrillic:Жепче) is a town and municipality located inZenica-Doboj Canton of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity ofBosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, betweenDoboj andZenica. As of 2013, it has a population of 30,219 inhabitants.
The riverBosna flows through this city. Near within the town, there are 14 mineral water springs. Žepče is within the vicinity of theLasva valley and thus is surrounded by mountains.
The town was first mentioned in 1458 in a charter issued by the Bosnian kingStjepan Tomašević,"... Pissanna Žepču va ljetu 1458. oktombrija 14. dan." (Written in Žepče in the year 1458. 14.day of October)
The city would see combat during theBosnian War, asHVO forces would launch an operation againstARBiH over complete control of the city on the 24th of June, 1993. After theDayton Agreement in 1995, the city would end up becoming a part of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of theZenica-Doboj Canton.
In 2001 the following Croat villages from the municipalities ofMaglaj andZavidovići merged with the municipality of Žepče to form one entity with Croat majority:Adže,Pire,Ponijevo,Matina,Ljubatovići,Grabovica, Čusto Brdo,Komšići,Radunice,Globarica, Brankovići,Donji Lug, Gornji Lug, Vrbica, Debelo Brdo, Osova, Vinište and Gornja Lovnica.
| Population of settlements – Žepče municipality | ||||||
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| Settlement | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 13,924 | 16,906 | 19,754 | 22,966 | 31,582 | |
| 1 | Adže | 414 | 358 | |||
| 2 | Begov Han | 1,041 | 1,299 | |||
| 3 | Bistrica | 1,192 | 978 | |||
| 4 | Brankovići | 547 | 499 | |||
| 5 | Čusto Brdo | 322 | 296 | |||
| 6 | Donji Lug | 504 | 528 | |||
| 7 | Globarica | 823 | 637 | |||
| 8 | Goliješnica | 798 | 925 | |||
| 9 | Golubinja | 398 | 363 | |||
| 10 | Gornja Golubinja | 483 | 399 | |||
| 11 | Gornja Lovnica | 721 | 473 | |||
| 12 | Gornji Lug | 509 | 613 | |||
| 13 | Grabovica | 411 | 396 | |||
| 14 | Ljubatovići | 564 | 502 | |||
| 15 | Ljubna | 176 | 246 | |||
| 16 | Lupoglav | 869 | 844 | |||
| 17 | Matina | 501 | 497 | |||
| 18 | Mračaj | 687 | 562 | |||
| 19 | Orahovica | 1,295 | 929 | |||
| 20 | Osova | 561 | 441 | |||
| 21 | Ozimica | 1,546 | 1,431 | |||
| 23 | Papratnica | 1,130 | 1,192 | |||
| 24 | Pire | 384 | 338 | |||
| 25 | Ponijevo | 775 | 864 | |||
| 26 | Radunice | 601 | 312 | |||
| 27 | Ravne Donje | 141 | 230 | |||
| 28 | Tatarbudžak | 571 | 588 | |||
| 29 | Vašarište | 327 | 566 | |||
| 30 | Vinište | 1,061 | 845 | |||
| 31 | Vitlaci | 339 | 256 | |||
| 32 | Vrbica | 600 | 400 | |||
| 33 | Želeće | 410 | 204 | |||
| 34 | Željezno Polje | 4,384 | 4,791 | |||
| 35 | Žepče | 2,709 | 3,209 | 4,257 | 5,571 | 5,460 |
| Ethnic composition – Žepče town | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | 1961. | ||||
| Total | 5,460 (100,0%) | 5,571 (100,0%) | 4,257 (100,0%) | 3,209 (100,0%) | 2,709 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 2,696 (49,38%) | 3,367 (60,44%) | 2,337 (54,90%) | 2,242 (69,87%) | 1,312 (48.43%) | |||
| Croats | 2,591 (47,45%) | 1,450 (26,03%) | 935 (21,96%) | 637 (19,85%) | 461 (17.02%) | |||
| Serbs | 82 (1,502%) | 270 (4,847%) | 252 (5,920%) | 227 (7,074%) | 349 (12.88%) | |||
| Others | 82 (1,502%) | 103 (1,849%) | 71 (1,668%) | 31 (0,966%) | 32 (1.18%) | |||
| Albanians | 5 (0,092%) | 7 (0,164%) | 6 (0,187%) | |||||
| Montenegrins | 4 (0,073%) | 11 (0,258%) | 22 (0,686%) | |||||
| Yugoslavs | 381 (6,839%) | 640 (15,03%) | 33 (1,028%) | 555 (20.49%) | ||||
| Macedonians | 2 (0,047%) | 4 (0,125%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 2 (0,047%) | 7 (0,218%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Žepče municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | 1961. | ||||
| Total | 31,582 (100,0%) | 22,966 (100,0%) | 19,754 (100,0%) | 16,906 (100,0%) | 13,924 (100,0%) | |||
| Croats | 17,801 (58,91%) | 9,100 (39,62%) | 7,813 (39,55%) | 7,174 (42,43%) | 5,978 (42.93%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 11,727 (38,81%) | 10,820 (47,11%) | 8,769 (44,39%) | 7,531 (44,55%) | 5,038 (36.18%) | |||
| Serbs | 501 (1,658%) | 2,278 (9,919%) | 2,004 (10,14%) | 2,028 (12,00%) | 2,033 (14.60%) | |||
| Others | 190 (0,629%) | 222 (0,967%) | 187 (0,947%) | 68 (0,402%) | 54 (0.39%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 546 (2,377%) | 933 (4,723%) | 56 (0,331%) | 821 (5.90%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 25 (0,127%) | 32 (0,189%) | ||||||
| Albanians | 14 (0,071%) | 6 (0,035%) | ||||||
| Macedonians | 7 (0,035%) | 4 (0,024%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 2 (0,010%) | 7 (0,041%) | ||||||
The town is home to localfootball clubNK Žepče.
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