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Grebci

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Grebci
Village
Grebci is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Grebci
Grebci
Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 42°44′N 18°05′E / 42.733°N 18.083°E / 42.733; 18.083
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva
Municipality Ravno
Area
  Total
2.52 sq mi (6.52 km2)
Population
 (2013)
  Total
26
  Density10/sq mi (4.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Grebci is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

History

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During the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the village remained mainly Catholic, unlike several other nearby former Catholic villages which turned Eastern Orthodox after the Ottoman conquest in the early 17th century. Bishop Marko Andrijašević reported in 1733 that four Catholic families in the village converted to Eastern Orthodoxy "a few years earlier".[2]

Demographics

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According to the 2013 census, its population was 26.[3]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Croats2180.8%
Serbs519.2%
Total26100%

References

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  1. 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.
  2. Krešić 2017, pp. 199–201.
  3. "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

Sources

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  • Krešić, Milenko (2017). Vrijeme lomova: katolici jugoistočne Hercegovine od 10. do početka 17. stoljeća [Time of Breakage: the Catholics of South East Herzegovina from the 10th until the beginning of the 17th century] (in Croatian). Sarajevo: Katolički bogoslovni fakutlet. ISBN 9789532415308.