Gornje Krečane (Cyrillic: Горње Кречане) is a village in the municipalities of Modriča which is located in Republika Srpska) and Gradačac which is located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Gornje meaning upper, there of course is a lower one too, Donje Krečane (Cyrillic: Доње Кречане) which is majority Bosniak today, but used to be majority Serb before the Yugoslav War[2]

Gornje Krečane
Горње Кречане
Village
Gornje Krečane is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gornje Krečane
Gornje Krečane
Coordinates: 44°51′41″N 18°20′22″E / 44.86139°N 18.33944°E / 44.86139; 18.33944
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region
Canton
Doboj
Tuzla
Municipality Modriča
Gradačac
Area
 • Total1.67 sq mi (4.32 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total41
 • Density25/sq mi (9.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

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According to the 2013 census, its population was 41, all Serbs, with 38 of them living in the Modriča part[3] and 3 in the Gradačac part.[4]

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. ^ "Donje Krečane", Wikipedia (in Bosnian), 2021-04-30, retrieved 2022-12-27
  3. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 14, 2022.