Bosanski Petrovac is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a population of 7,328 inhabitants, while the town has a population of 3,427 inhabitants.
History The settlement has existed since Roman times. It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire somewhere between 1520 and 1530. From 1929 to 1941, Bosanski Petrovac was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
When the German and Italian Zones of Influence were revised on 24 June 1942, Bosanski Petrovac fell in , administered civilly by Croatia and militarily by Croatia and Germany.
During the Second World War, it was a Partisan stronghold which was conveniently located close to Marshal Josip Broz Tito's headquarters in Drvar. On 6 December 1942 the Women's Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia (AFŽ) was established in the town. Judita Alargić was a key figure in the first generation of AFŽ organisers.Bonfiglioli, C. (2012). Revolutionary Networks. Women's Political and Social Activism in Cold War Italy and Yugoslavia (1945-1957) Utrecht University (PhD dissertation)
During the 1992–95 Bosnian War, the town's Serb majority remained in the city while the Bosniaks and Croats were forced to leave their homes. Then in 1995, as the war was nearing its end, the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina seized Bosanski Petrovac and it remained in Bosnian hands until the end of the war. In the following years, the Serbs' right to return would be hindered. However, the town would eventually return to its pre-war ethnic composition.
Settlements
Bara Bjelaj Bjelajski Vaganac Bosanski Petrovac Bravski Vaganac Brestovac Bukovača Bunara Busije Cimeše Dobro Selo Drinić Janjila Jasenovac Kapljuh Klenovac Kolunić Krnja Jela Krnjeuša Lastve Medeno Polje Oraško Brdo Oštrelj Podsrnetica Prkosi Rašinovac Revenik Risovac Skakavac Smoljana Suvaja Vedro Polje Vođenica Vranovina Vrtoče
Demographics Population Population of settlements – Bosanski Petrovac municipalitySettlement1971.1981.1991.2013.Total18,59716,37415,6217,3281Bosanski Petrovac4,0164,5475,3813,4272Dobro Selo9016553Kolonić5212324Krnjeuša9584955Rašinovac627398
Ethnic composition Ethnic composition – Bosanski Petrovac town2013.1991.1981.1971.Total3,427 (100,0%)5,381 (100,0%)4,547 (100,0%)4,016 (100,0%)Bosniaks2,608 (75,11%)2,678 (49,77%)2,248 (49,44%)2,551 (63,52%)Serbs778 (22,67%)2,345 (43,58%)1,428 (31,41%)1,257 (31,30%)Unaffiliated17 (0,496%)Croats9 (0,263%)28 (0,520%)36 (0,792%)39 (0,971%)Others7 (0,204%)77 (1,431%)21 (0,462%)34 (0,847%)Unknown3 (0,088%)Yugoslavs1 (0,029%)253 (4,702%)794 (17,46%)124 (3,088%)Montenegrins1 (0,029%)11 (0,242%)6 (0,149%)Macedonians1 (0,029%)7 (0,154%)1 (0,025%)Albanians1 (0,029%)2 (0,050%)Turks1 (0,029%)Slovenes2 (0,044%)2 (0,050%) Ethnic composition – Bosanski Petrovac municipality2013.1991.1981.1971.Total7,328 (100,0%)15,621 (100,0%)16,374 (100,0%)18,597 (100,0%)Serbs4,003 (54,53%)11,694 (74,86%)11,129 (67,97%)14,941 (80,34%)Bosniaks3,236 (43,38%)3,288 (21,05%)2,893 (17,67%)3,315 (17,83%)Unaffiliated30 (0,409%)Croats26 (0,355%)48 (0,307%)49 (0,299%)76 (0,409%)Unknown12 (0,164%)Others11 (0,150%)225 (1,440%)89 (0,544%)92 (0,495%)Roma3 (0,041%)Yugoslavs2 (0,027%)366 (2,343%)2 187 (13,36%)154 (0,828%)Montenegrins1 (0,014%)13 (0,079%)13 (0,070%)Macedonians1 (0,014%)8 (0,049%)1 (0,005%)Slovenes1 (0,014%)6 (0,037%)3 (0,016%)Albanians1 (0,014%)2 (0,011%)Turks1 (0,014%)
Notable people Mersad Berber, painter Jovan Bijelić, painter Ahmet Hromadžić, writer Tomislav Krizmanić, boxer, bronze medal winner at the 1953 European amateur boxing championships Skender Kulenović, writer Marinko Rokvić, Serbian folk singer
References
Bibliography
External links
Official site (in Bosnian)