Zavidovići

Zavidovići
Zavidovići; Завидовићи
	Location of Zavidovići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	Zavidovići Location of Zavidovići
	Coordinates: 44°27′N 18°09′E / 44.450°N 18.150°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	The Federation
Canton	Zenica-Doboj
	Government
• Municipality president	Suad Omerasevic (SDA)
	Population (1991 census)
• Total	57,164
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC)
Area code(s)	+387 32
Website	http://www.zavidovici.ba

Zavidovići is a town and municipality in Eastern-central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović. It sits in a valley surrounded by many mountains of which the largest is Klek. It is administratively part of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

About Zavidovići [edit]

Zavidovići is a young town that was established at the end of the 19th century. The town is famous for its big industrial collective for refinement of wood "Krivaja" and this is why this town's nickname is "Wood town". Zavidovići is located in the basin of three rivers: The Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović.

Demographics [edit]

Year	Serb	%	Bosniaks	%	Croats	%	Yugoslavs	%	Others	%	Total
1961	11,119	30.67%	17,758	48.99%	6,528	18.01%	649	1.79%	196	0.54%	36,250
1971	11.031	25,06%	24,803	56,34%	7,457	16,94%	353	0.80%	374	0.86%	44,018
1981	11,202	21.60%	29,289	56.48%	7,451	14.37%	3,234	6.24%	685	1.32%	51,861
1991	11,637	20.36%	34,341	60.09%	7,519	13.16%	2,703	4.73%	953	1.67%	57,153

The town of Zavidovići itself had 12,947 residents in 1991.

2001 [edit]

In 2001, Croatian village: Brankovići, Donji Lug, Gornji Lug, Vrbica, Debelo Brdo, Osova, Vinište and Gornja Lovnica merged with to municipality Žepče.

2005 [edit]

In 2005, 97% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks. Others are Serbs and Croats.

History [edit]

Zavidovići was developed by the Austrians during the Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia, mostly because of the wood industry. After World War II, the wood industry in Zavidovići, the company named after one of the rivers "Krivaja" (founded 1884), expanded. The company focused on furniture manufacturing, which it began to export to US under a name "Krivaja Beechbrook". Due to the Bosnian war, the former giant and the town are left with almost nothing.

Places in the municipality (1991) [edit]

Alići, Bajvati, Biljačići, Borovnica, Brankovići, Brijeg Crnjevo, Čardak, Debelo Brdo, Dišica, Dolac, Dolina, Donja Lovnica, Donji Junuzovići, Donji Lug, Dragovac, Dubravica, Džebe, Gare, Gornja Lovnica, Gornje Selo, Gornji Junuzovići, Gornji Lug, Gostovići, Hajderovići, Hrge, Kamenica, Karačić, Krivaja, Krčevine,Kućice, Lijevča, Mahoje, Majdan, Miljevići, Mitrovići, Mustajbašići, Osječani, Osova, Petkovići, Perovići, Podvolujak, Potkleče, Predražići, Priluk, Ribnica, Ridžali, Rujnica,Sinanovići, Skroze, Stavci, Suha, Svinjašnica, Spasojevići, Vinište, Vozuća, Vrbica, Vukmanovići, Vukovine, Zavidovići.

Famous people [edit]

Safet Sušić - former Bosnian footballer and current manager
Nedžad Sinanović - Bosnian basketball player (CB Valladolid)
Venio Losert - Croatian handballer and two-time Olympic gold-medallist
Asim Bajramović - song a and poetry writer
Aida Corbadzic - opera singer

Street of Alija Izetbegović

References [edit]

Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia and Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.