Sjeverin () is a village in the Raška (Sandžak) area of Serbia, located in the municipality of Priboj, in the district of Zlatibor, close to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2022 census, the village has a population of 553 people.
History In October 1992, during the Bosnian war, 16 Bosniak residents of Sjeverin were abducted and murdered by Milan Lukić and members of Osvetnici ("Avengers") paramilitary group in the Sjeverin massacre. Following the massacre, other Bosniaks fled the area. In 2006 the Sandžak Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms reported that the state was not working to facilitate the return of the population displaced by ethnic cleansing.
Demographic history + Population Census Population 1948 240 1953 253 1961 304 1971 360 1981 424 1991 572 2002 337 2011 380
+ Ethnic composition of the population (1981) Ethnicity Population % Serbs 169 39.86% Muslims 231 54.48% Yugoslavs 22 5.19% Unknown/Other — —
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