Ravno is a village and municipality located in
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Ravno was a separate municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the
Trebinje municipality. In 1994, the border changed and Ravno became a separate municipality again. This time however, part of the frontier lands of Trebinje municipality were added as part of Ravno. When Ravno inherited part of the former Trebinje municipality it had an area of . These added borderlands went under the title Travunian Marches (Trebinjska Krajina) and were mostly inhabited by Serbs. The settlement of
Ivanica has an unobstructed view of the
Adriatic Sea
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.
Demographics
Population
Ethnic composition
Settlements
Baljivac,
Belenići
Belenići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 1991 census it had 12 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality.
Demographics
According ...
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Bobovišta,
Cicrina,
Čavaš,
Čopice,
Čvaljina
Čvaljina ( sr-cyrl, Чваљина) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Dvrsnica
Dvrsnica ( sr-cyrl, Дврсница) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 4, all Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numer ...
,
Glavska
Glavska ( sr-cyrl, Главска) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Golubinac
Golubinac ( sr-cyrl, Голубинац) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the 1991 census it had 11 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipa ...
,
Gorogaše
Gorogaše ( sr-cyrl, Горогаше) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 17, all Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most num ...
,
Grebci
Grebci is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ivanica,
Kalađurđevići
Kalađurđevići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 21, all Croats
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Kijev Do
Kijev Do is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kutina,
Nenovići
Nenovići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 10, all Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic gr ...
,
Nevada
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Orahov Do
Orahov Do (Serbian Cyrillic: Орахов До) is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formerly part of the Trebinje municipality, up until the Bosnian War. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia o ...
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Podosoje,
Požarno,
Prosjek
Prosjek is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ravno,
Rupni Do,
Slavogostići,
Slivnica Bobani,
Slivnica Površ,
Sparožići,
Šćenica Bobani,
Trebimlja,
Trnčina,
Uskoplje,
Velja Međa,
Vlaka,
Vukovići,
Začula,
Zagradinje,
Zaplanik and
Zavala, and parts of settlements: Baonine, Orašje Popovo and Rapti Bobani.
Ravno during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ravno was first attacked in early October 1991 by
JNA forces, which levelled the village on the way to
attack Dubrovnik in the
Croatian War of Independence
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.
Ravno again suffered heavy damage during the
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the majority of villages were destroyed. The area around Ravno was used as a corridor from where Dubrovnik county in Croatia was continuously attacked.
Notable people
*
Dominik Andrijašević (fl. 1596–1637), Ragusan Franciscan bishop
*
Nikola Bošković (1642–1721), Ragusan trader and father of
Roger Joseph Boscovich
References
External links
* http://www.rb-donjahercegovina.ba
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Municipalities of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Popovo Polje