Pelagićevo

Pelagićevo
Пелагићево

Coat of arms

Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E / 44.90; 18.61Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E / 44.90; 18.61
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality Brod
Government
  Mayor

Simo Stakić (Independent)

Area
  Total 122,49 km2 (4,729 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
  Total 7,332
  Density 59,9/km2 (1,550/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 54

Pelagićevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Пелагићево) is a village and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pelagićevo is located in the Posavina region. Pelagićevo was originally named Gornji Žabar, and was later renamed after Vaso Pelagić, a representative of utopian socialism in Serbia during the second half of the nineteenth century, born in the town in 1833.

History

The municipality was created after the Dayton Agreement from part of the pre-war municipality of Gradačac (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Demographics

1991

In 1991, the population of the Pelagićevo village numbered 537 people, of whom 532 (99%) were Serbs.

See also

References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pelagićevo.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.