Breza

Breza
Breza; Breza
	Location of Breza within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	The Federation
Canton	Zenica-Doboj Canton
	Government
• Municipality president	Seid Smailbegović (SDA)
	Population (1991 census)
• Total	17,317
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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For other places with the same name, see Breza (disambiguation).

Breza is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, famous for the local mining activities and production of coal. It covers an area of 73 km² (28 sq mi) and is part of the Zenica-Doboj Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Total area of municipality of Breza is 83 square kilometers. It is located in Zenica-Doboj Cantons and it borders with four municipalities; Ilijaš, Kakanj, Vareš and Visoko. Its economic environment is based on coalmine, which was established in year 1907.

[edit] Places in the municipality

• Banjevac • Breza • Bukovik • Bulbušići • Gornja Breza • Izbod • Kamenice • Koritnik • Mahala • Mahmutovića Rijeka • Nasići • Očevlje • Orahovo • Podgora • Potkraj • Prhinje • Seoce • Slivno • Smailbegovići • Smrekovica • Sutješćica • Trtorići • Vardište • Vijesolići • Vlahinje • Vrbovik • Založje i Župča.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

14.824 total

Muslims - 10.659 (71,90%)
Serbs - 2.333 (15,73%)
Croats - 1.446 (9,75%)
Yugoslavs - 225 (1,51%)
Others - 161 (1,11%)

[edit] 1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Breza had 17,317 residents: 13,079 Bosniaks, 851 Croats, 2,122 Serbs, and 1,265 others.

[edit] 2001

Breza was spared major destruction during the War. However, the population of the area had been reduced to 13,848 residents in 2001 estimation. Ethnically, the municipality of Breza is now overwhelmingly Bosniak.