Blagovac

Blagovac is a settlement in Vogošća municipality, near Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Blagovac
Blagovac
Coordinates: 43°55′N 18°22′E
Country	Bosnia
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population  (2013)
• Total	1,956
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

It is divided into five sub parts which are: Blagovac 1 (factory area), Blagovac 2 (international dog training center in Miro Dukić's house), Blagovac 3 (local mosque that was built after the Bosnian War, shopping center) and Blagovac 4 and 5. Before the Bosnian conflicts Blagovac was entirely populated by a Serbian population. After the war, and with the forming of Republika Srpska, most of the Serbs sold their houses and moved to Pale or other places with a Serbian majority. Now Blagovac is mainly populated by Muslims however there are still few houses with Serbian families left.

Population

Ethnic composition, 1991 census

• Serbs – 1,159 (90.97%)
• Yugoslavs – 50 (3.92%)
• Croats – 27 (2.11%)
• Muslims – 16 (1.25%)
• Others and unknown – 22 (1.72%)
• Total – 1,274

2013 census

• Serbs – 64 (3.3%)
• Croats – 15 (0.8%)
• Bosniaks – 1,842 (94.2%)
• Others and unknown – 35 (1.8%)
• Total – 1,956

History

First settlers in Blagovac were the Blagovčanin family.

References

• Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.