Vlasenica is a municipality and town of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. Administratively it is part of Vlasenica Region.

1912

According to the book notes out of "Bosnischer Bote" ("Bosanski Glasnik", translated by Fikret Bahtijarević, s.r.) in 1912 Vlasenica had 1,917 citizens, out of which 1,480 were Bosniaks, 398 Serbs, 72 Croats and 12 Evangelics.

1971

26.623 total

• Orthodox Christians - 13.431 (50,44%)
• Muslims - 12.881 (48,38%)
• Catholics - 42 (0,15%)
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   - 17 (0.06%)
• Others - 252 (0.97%)

1981

30.498 total

• Muslims - 15.337 (50,28)
• Orthodox Christians - 13.531 (44,36)
• Catholics - 44 (0,14)
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   - 889 (2,91)
• Others - 697 (2,31)

1991

In the 1991 census the municipality had a population 33,817. The distribution was:

• Bosniaks
  Bosniaks
  The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
  
   - 18,699 (55.29%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   - 14,356 (42.25%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...
  
  )
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   - 336 (0.99%)
• Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   - 40 (0.12%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take...
  
  )
• Others 386 (1.14%)

The town itself had a population of 7,916. The distribution was:

• Bosniaks
  Bosniaks
  The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
  
   - 4,794 (61%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   - 2,777 (35%)
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   - 243 (0.03%)
• Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   - 28 (0.003%)
• others 74 (0.093%)

Notable people

• Derviš Sušić
  Derviš Sušic
  Derviš Sušić was a Bosniak writer, known best for his first work I, Danilo. He was born in Vlasenica, Bosnia....
  
  
• Flory Jagoda
  Flory Jagoda
  Flory Jagoda is a Jewish American and Bosnian guitarist, composer and singer. She is known for her interpretation of Ladino songs.-Biography:...
  
  
• Vedad Ibišević
  Vedad Ibiševic
  Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian footballer playing as striker for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnian national team. He has also played in Switzerland, the USA and France...
  
  
• Fahrudin Kuduzović

External links

• http://www.vlasenica-turizam.org
• http://www.vlasenica.rs
• http://www.vlasenica.eu
• Hotel "М" Vlasenica