Fojnica

Fojnica

Фојница
Fojnica Фојница
Town and municipality
	Location of Fojnica within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Central Bosnia
Government
• Municipal mayor	Sabahudin Klisura (SDA)
Area
• Town and municipality	306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Town and municipality	12,356
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Urban	3,570
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 30
Website	http://www.fojnica.ba

Fojnica (Serbian Cyrillic: 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^[2] 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?]

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,^[3] Reumal Fojnica.^[4] The Prokoško Lake is located in the west of the municipality.

Settlements

Demographics

1971

total: 12,829

Bosniaks - 6,473 (50.45%)
Croats - 5,948 (46.36%)
Serbs - 223 (1.73%)
Yugoslavs - 85 (0.66%)
others - 100 (0.80%)

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

Municipality	Nationality						Total
Municipality	Bosniaks	%	Croats	%	Serbs	%	Total
Fojnica	7,592	61.44	3,664	29.65	48	0.38	12356

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References

^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
^ "Povijest samostana (Ukratko)".
^ Prirodna radioaktivnost termalnog izvora u selu Banja, Opcina Fojnica iaea.org
^ "Lječilište "Reumal" Fojnica - O nama".
^ Link text, additional text.

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.