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Kozice, Stolac

Coordinates: 43°08′23″N 17°54′43″E / 43.13972°N 17.91194°E / 43.13972; 17.91194
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Kozice
Козице
Kozice is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kozice
Kozice
Coordinates: 43°08′23″N 17°54′43″E / 43.13972°N 17.91194°E / 43.13972; 17.91194
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva
Municipality Stolac
Area
 • Total1.60 sq mi (4.15 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total145
 • Density90/sq mi (35/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kozice (Serbian Cyrillic: Козице) is a village in the municipality of Stolac in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 126 people.

History

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On June 26/27, 1941, the Ustaše drove away 130 Serbs from the Šakota, Šotra, Ćorluka and Krulj families from the villages of Trijebanj and Kozice.[1] 110 of them were killed, at Domanović, Bivolja Brda, Pileti and near Kukauš, and those who escaped death were those listed in a proclamation of general Lakse.[1] 70 more locals were killed by the Ustaše on June 29/30.[1]

Demographics

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1991

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According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 126 people.

According to the 2013 census, its population was 145.[2]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Croats 109 75.2%
Serbs 36 24.8%
Total 145 100%

People

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  • Zdravko Šotra (born 1933), Serbian and former Yugoslav film and television director

References

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  1. ^ a b c Muzej žrtava genocida i Srpska književna zadruga (1995). Genocid nad Srbima u II svetskom ratu. pp. 330–335.
  2. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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