Ravno () is a village and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Geography
The settlement of Ivanica has an unobstructed view of the Adriatic Sea.
Settlements
Baljivac Belenići Bobovišta Cicrina Čavaš Čopice Čvaljina Dvrsnica Glavska Golubinac Gorogaše Grebci Ivanica Kalađurđevići Kijev Do Kutina Nenovići Nevada Orahov Do Podosoje Požarno Prosjek Ravno Rupni Do Slavogostići Slivnica Bobani Slivnica Površ Sparožići Šćenica Bobani Trebimlja Trnčina Uskoplje Velja Međa Vlaka Vukovići Začula Zagradinje Zaplanik Zavala
Also parts of settlements: Baonine Orašje Popovo Rapti Bobani
Demographics
Population Population of settlements – Ravno MunicipalitySettlement1961.1971.1981.1991.2013.Total1,7711,5033,3281Ivanica1661392Ravno5493641985973Trebimlja2727044Trnčina1232655Velja Međa77203
Ethnic composition Ethnic composition – Ravno2013.1991.1981.1971.Total597 (100,0%)198 (100,0%)364 (100,0%)549 (100,0%)Croats584 (97,82%)173 (87,37%)306 (84,07%)472 (85,97%)Serbs10 (1,675%)16 (8,081%)41 (11,26%)72 (13,11%)Others3 (0,503%)3 (1,515%)3 (0,824%)Yugoslavs5 (2,525%)12 (3,297%)Bosniaks1 (0,505%)2 (0,549%)1 (0,182%)Montenegrins4 (0,729%) Ethnic composition – Ravno Municipality2013.1991.Total3,328 (100,0%)1,503 (100,0%)Croats2,633 (81,80%)776 (51,63%)Serbs558 (17,33%)678 (45,11%)Bosniaks20 (0,621%)21 (1,397%)Others8 (0,249%)13 (0,865%)Yugoslavs15 (0,998%)
History
In Yugoslavia, Ravno used to be the seat of a municipality, but it was merged into the Trebinje municipality in 1963.
In early October 1991, Ravno was attacked by JNA forces, which levelled the village on the way to attack Dubrovnik in the Croatian War of Independence. 24 people from the village were killed during the attack, referred to as Ravno massacre.
The Ravno area again suffered heavy damage during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the majority of villages were destroyed. The area around Ravno was used as a corridor from where the Dubrovnik region in Croatia was continuously attacked. Croatian forces took over the area in the Operation Jackal in the summer of 1992.
In 1994, the border changed and Ravno became a separate municipality again. This time however, part of the frontier lands of Trebinje municipality were added as part of Ravno. When Ravno inherited part of the former Trebinje municipality it had an area of . These added borderlands went under the title Trebinjska Krajina and were mostly inhabited by Serbs.
Notable people
Dominik Andrijašević (fl. 1596–1637), Ragusan Franciscan bishop Nikola Bošković (1642–1721), Ragusan trader and father of Roger Joseph Boscovich
References
External links http://www.rb-donjahercegovina.ba