Fojnica
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Fojnica
|settlement_type = Town and municipality
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BIH}}
| subdivision_type1 = Entity
| subdivision_name1 = Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| subdivision_type2 = Canton
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Central Bosnia}}
|timezone=CET
|utc_offset=+1
|map_caption =Location of Fojnica within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|timezone_DST=CEST
|utc_offset_DST=+2
|leader_title=Municipal mayor
|native_name =Фојница
|image_skyline = Fojnica, vyhlasene lazenske mesto.jpg|
|image_map = Fojnica Municipality Location.svg
|leader_name = Sabahudin Klisura (SDA)
|area_total_km2 =306
|population_total = 12356{{cite web|title=Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013|url=http://www.statistika.ba/?show=12&id=10324|publisher=Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina|accessdate=November 7, 2021|language=Bosnian}}
|population_urban = 3570
|population_footnotes=|
|population_as_of=2013 census
|population_density_km2 = 43
|latd =
|coordinates =
|area_code = +387 30
|parts =
|website = http://www.fojnica.ba
}}
Fojnica ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Фојница}}) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located west of the capital Sarajevo, in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna. Fojnica is a small town in central Bosnia and is also a balneological resort.
Cultural sites in Fojnica include the Holy Spirit Franciscan Monastery which houses an important part of the nation's cultural heritage{{Cite web|url=http://www.fojnica-samostan.com/novo/index.php/novosti/31-samostan/povijest-samostana1/53-povijest-samostana-ukratko|title = Povijest samostana (Ukratko)}} maintained by the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena.
The Franciscan monastery in Fojnica has a library of philosophical and theological works printed from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with some dating back to 1481. The monastery is currently under renovation.{{when|date=February 2011}}
Queen Catherine of Bosnia sought refuge from the Ottomans in Kozograd, royal summer-residence in the mountains near Fojnica at the time, before making her way to Rome.
Fojnica also has a spa center with thermal water,[https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/36/052/36052849.pdf Prirodna radioaktivnost termalnog izvora u selu Banja, Opcina Fojnica] iaea.org Reumal Fojnica.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reumal.ba/reumal/o-nama|title = Lječilište "Reumal" Fojnica - O nama}} The Prokoško Lake is located in the west of the municipality.
Settlements
{{flatlist|
- Bakovići
- Bakovićka Citonja
- Banja
- Bistrica
- Botun
- Božići
- Carev Do
- Čemernica
- Djedov Do
- Dragačići
- Dusina
- Fojnica
- Gojevići
- Grabovik
- Gradina
- Klisura
- Kozica
- Kujušići
- Lopar
- Lučice
- Lužine
- Majdan
- Marinići
- Merdžanići
- Mujakovići
- Nadbare
- Obojak
- Oglavak
- Ormanov Potok
- Ostruška Citonja
- Otigošće
- Paljike
- Pločari
- Pločari Polje
- Podcitonja
- Podgora
- Polje Ostružnica
- Polje Šćitovo
- Ponjušina
- Poraće
- Ragale
- Rajetići
- Rizvići
- Selakovići
- Selište
- Sitišće
- Smajlovići
- Šavnik
- Tješilo
- Tovarište
- Turkovići
- Vladići
- Voljevac
- Vukeljići
- Živčići
}}
Demographics
=1971=
=1981=
total: 15,045
- Bosniaks - 7,637 (50.76%)
- Croats - 6,432 (42.75%)
- Serbs - 422 (2.80%)
- Yugoslavs - 392 (2.60%)
- others - 162 (1.09%)
=1991=
total: 16,296
- Bosniaks - 8,024 (49.23%)
- Croats - 6,623 (40.64%)
- Serbs - 157 (0.96%)
- Yugoslavs - 407 (2.49%)
- others - 1,085 (6.68%)
=2013 Census =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
! rowspan="2" | Municipality ! colspan="6" | Nationality ! rowspan="2" | Total | |||
Bosniaks
! % ! Croats ! % ! Serbs ! % | |||
---|---|---|---|
style="text-align:left;" | Fojnica
| 7,592 | 61.44
| 3,664 | 29.65
| 48 | 0.38
| 12356 |
Page text.[http://www.popis.gov.ba/popis2013/knjige.php?id=0 Link text], additional text.
References
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- Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
External links
{{commons category|Fojnica Municipality}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205105244/http://www.fojnica.ba/english/ Municipal website]
- [http://www.bhtourism.ba/eng/tbk.wbsp Tragovima bosanskog kraljevstva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040748/http://www.bhtourism.ba/eng/tbk.wbsp |date=2016-03-04 }} - Tourist route for medieval Bosnia (English)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100213103028/http://www.bosnae.ba/ Trail of the Bosnian Kingdom] - Cultural Tourism in Tesanj
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Category:Populated places in Fojnica
Category:Cities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina