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Derventa

City in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Field	Value
name	Derventa
settlement_type	City
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Bosnia and Herzegovina
subdivision_type1	Entity
subdivision_name1	Republika Srpska
subdivision_type2	Geographical region
subdivision_name2	Posavina
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Igor Žunić
leader_party	SNSD
image_skyline	File:Collage Derventa.jpg
image_caption	Collage of Derventa
image_flag	Banner of Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
image_seal	File:Дервента (грб).svg
map_caption	Location of Derventa within Republika Srpska
official_name	Grad Derventa
Град Дервента
City of Derventa
native_name	sr-Cyrl
image_map	Derventa municipality.svg
area_blank1_title	Town
area_blank2_title	City
area_blank2_km2	516.84
population_as_of	2013 census
population_blank1_title	Urban
population_blank1	11631
population_density_blank1_km2	auto
population_blank2_title	City
population_blank2	27404
population_density_blank2_km2	auto
coordinates
area_code	+387 53
website
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
unit_pref	Metric
image_map1	Derventa-naselja.PNG

Град Дервента City of Derventa

Derventa (Дервента) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Posavina region, northwest of the city of Doboj. As of 2013, the town has a total of 11,631 inhabitants, while the municipality has 27,404 inhabitants.

Geography

The Derventa municipality borders Brod, Modriča, Doboj, Stanari, Prnjavor and Srbac, as well as Croatia across the Sava river. It has an area of 517 km2.

The town of Derventa lies on the river Ukrina, and roads lead from it to Brod, Kotorsko (Doboj), Prnjavor (Banja Luka) and Srbac.

The town has a suburb called Derventski Lug, which has grown substantially in recent years due to the growth of the municipality.

History

From 1929 to 1939, Derventa was part of the Vrbas Banovina and from 1939 to 1941 of the Banovina of Croatia within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Prior to the Bosnian War, there was a significant population of ethnic Croats within Derventa, while the majority were Bosniaks. When the war started, some of the prominent Serbs within the town took up certain positions of power. During the war, the major fighting factions were the HVO and the VRS, with some units from the ARBiH participating in the conflict. The HVO controlled the town for a short period in the early stages of the war. The HVO eventually lost control of Derventa after Operacija Koridor '92 by the VRS and they were pushed up north, and as a result of the battle most of the Croats and Bosniaks were ethnically cleansed from the area, and Serb refugees from war-affected regions shortly settled in the town.

After the Dayton Agreement in 1995, some Bosniak and Croat refugees returned to Derventa.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Derventa, the municipality and consists of 56 following settlements:

Agići
Begluci
Bijelo Brdo
Bosanski Dubočac
Brezici
Bukovac
Bukovica Mala
Bukovica Velika
Bunar
Cerani
Crnča
Dažnica
Donja Bišnja
Donja Lupljanica
Donji Detlak
Donji Višnjik
Drijen
Gornja Bišnja
Gornja Lupljanica
Gornji Božinci
Gornji Detlak
Gornji Višnjik
Gradac
Gradina
Kalenderovci Donji
Kalenderovci Gornji
Kostreš
Kovačevci
Kulina
Kuljenovci
Derventski Lug
Lužani
Lužani Bosanski
Lužani Novi
Mala Sočanica
Mišinci
Miškovci
Modran
Osinja
Osojci
Pjevalovac
Pojezna
Poljari
Polje
Rapćani
Stanići
Šušnjari
Tetima
Trstenci
Tunjestala
Velika
Velika Sočanica
Vrhovi
Zelenike
Žeravac
Živinice

Demography

Population

Population of settlements – Derventa Municipality


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Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Derventa

Total
Serbs
Bosniaks
Croats
Unaffiliated
Others
Yugoslavs
Ukrainians
Unknown
Roma
Turks
Montenegrins
Albanians
Macedonians
Slovenes
Hungarians

Ethnic composition – Derventa Municipality

Total
Serbs
Croats
Bosniaks
Unaffiliated
Others
Unknown
Yugoslavs
Ukrainians
Roma
Turks
Montenegrins
Slovenes
Albanians
Macedonians
Hungarians

Economy

The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered people employed in professional fields per their core activity (as of 2018):

Professional field	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	132
Mining and quarrying	5
Manufacturing	3,398
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	45
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	104
Construction	227
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,237
Transportation and storage	212
Accommodation and food services	227
Information and communication	45
Financial and insurance activities	66
Real estate activities	5
Professional, scientific and technical activities	125
Administrative and support service activities	48
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	244
Education	489
Human health and social work activities	187
Arts, entertainment and recreation	33
Other service activities	83
Total	6,912

Sports

The most popular sport in Derventa is football and the town has a long footballing tradition. Derventa's first football club was formed in 1919 under the name FK Dečko. Several other sports associations formed in Derventa prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The war caused the dissolution of all previous clubs in Derventa and the formation of FK Tekstilac, who merged with FK Dečko. FK Tekstilac still competes to this day in the First League of the Republika Srpska and its home ground is Gradski Stadion FK Tekstilac, which has an attendance capacity of around 500 spectators. Derventa's most successful sports team is RK Derventa, which currently competes in the Premier league of Bosnia and Herzegovina for handball, which is the nation's top professional handball division. Derventa is known throughout the region for its tradition of handball excellence, creating many great players as well as having a very successful club given the size of the town.

Notable people

Vedran Ćorluka (born 1986), footballer
Mile Kitić (born 1952), folk singer
Miroslav Pejić (born 1986), footballer
Mario Tokić (born 1975), footballer
Radenka Maric, President of the University of Connecticut
Ivan Martić (born 1990), footballer
Abaz Arslanagić (born 1944), handball player and coach
Muhamed Memić (born 1960), handball player
Sulejman Medenčević (born 1963), cinematographer
Senad Lupić (born 1966), footballer
Zoran Rankić (1935–2019), actor
Alojz Benac (1914–1992), archaeologist

Twin Town – Sister City

Derventa is twinned with:

ITA Pinerolo, Italy (2005)
HUN Dunavarsány, Hungary (2016)

References

(25 December 2019). "Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska". Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics.
"O nama kroz istoriju".
(2018-11-20). "Делегација општине боравила у братском граду Пинероло". Derventa.

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