Popovac (Čelinac)

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Popovac
Поповац
Village
Popovac – Panorama of the settlement
Popovac – Panorama of the settlement
Popovac is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Popovac
Popovac
Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°40′43″N 17°16′56″E / 44.6786°N 17.2822°E / 44.6786; 17.2822
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityRepublika Srpska
MunicipalityČelinac
Population
 (1991)
 • Total306
Time zoneCentral European
Area code+387 (051)

Popovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Поповац) is a settlement in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Čelinac Municipality. In 1991, the village had 306 inhabitants.[1]

Geography[edit]

History[edit]

Popovac is birthplace of Radoslav Brđanin, a convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal. In 2004 he was sentenced to 32 years imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes committed during the Bosnian War. The sentence, which he is serving in Denmark, was reduced by two years on appeal in 2008.

Population[edit]

Popovac[2][3] Census 2013.: Total of 190 inhabitants
Census Year 1991. 1981. 1971.
Serbs 303 (99.02%) 443 (98.88%) 594 (99.83%)
Croats 1 (0.168%)
Bosniaks 1 (0.223%)
Yugoslavs 1 (0.327%) 1 (0.223%)
Other and unknown 2 (0.654%) 3 (0.670%)
Total 306 448 595

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nacionalni sastav stanovništva - Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991. Sarajevo: Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine.
  2. ^ Book: "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva - Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991.", statistički bilten br. 234, Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo.
  3. ^ Internet - Source: "Popis po mjesnim zajednicama" - "Sarajevo Centar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

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