Čvaljina
Čvaljina | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Čvaljina | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′N 17°58′E / 42.867°N 17.967°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Herzegovina-Neretva |
| Municipality |  Ravno |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.78 sq mi (9.79 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 59 |
| • Density | 16/sq mi (6.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Čvaljina (Serbian Cyrillic: Чваљина) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
History
Before the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the village was mainly Catholic. After the Ottoman conquest, the Catholic clergy left the area, which was filled in by the Eastern Orthodox priests.[2] As a result, in the early 17th century, the Catholics in the village mostly converted to Eastern Orthodoxy. Bishop Dominik reported in 1629 that Čvaljina and the nearby village of Zavala had forty families, of which eight were Catholics. The rest converted to Eastern Orthodoxy.[3] Bishop Marko Andrijašević reported in 1733 that there were five Catholic families in the village, while the rest were Eastern Orthodox Christians. While stating that the village was historically a Catholic one, he reported that the local Catholic Church of St. John was usurped by the Eastern Orthodox clergy.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 59.[5]
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Croats | 41 | 69.5% |
| Serbs | 18 | 30.5% |
| Total | 59 | 100% |
Footnotes
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ Krešić 2017, p. 196.
- ^ Krešić 2017, p. 200.
- ^ Krešić 2017, pp. 199–201.
- ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
References
- Krešić, Milenko (2017). Vrijeme lomova: katolici jugoistočne Hercegovine od 10. do početka 17. stoljeća [Time of Breakage: the Catholics of South East Herzegovina from the 10th until the beginning of the 17th century] (in Croatian). Sarajevo: Katolički bogoslovni fakutlet. ISBN 9789532415308.