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

During the Second World War, on 27 July 1941, Serb communist insurgents and chetniks attacked the village and committed massacre of Croat civilians known as the Brotnja massacre.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Brotnja had 47 inhabitants.[4]

Population[5]
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
3504472713925195315416273663752872291701253447

1991 census

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

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

  • 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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