Vitovlje is a village in central
Bosnia
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, in the
Travnik
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Municipality,
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. It is located on the slopes of
Vlašić Mountain, under Gavrića Brdo (Gavric's Hill, 1006 m), at an altitude of about 900 m.
In medieval Bosnia, Vitovlje was in the Parish of Mel (Župa Mel).
Through the settlement flows the Dedića potok (Dedići's stream), a left tributary of the
Ugar Ugar may refer to:
* Ugar Khurd, town in the state of Karnataka, India
* Ugar Budruk, village in the state of Karnataka, India
* Ugar (river), Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Ugar Island, census locality in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
**Step ...
, south of
Korićani's Rocks. From Vitovlje, along the Ugar, between the mountains
Ranča
Ranča Planina locally known as Ranče is a mountain range in central Bosnia, in the municipality of Travnik, Dobretići and Jajce. The territory of Dobretići is almost entirely on the mountain (formerly with about 20 Croatian villages and haml ...
and Ugarske stijene (Ugar's Rocks), stretches the
Pougarje.
At the last census in 1991, before the collapse of
Yugoslavia
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, Vitovlje had 708 inhabitants.
During the
Bosnian War
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, the village was destroyed and its inhabitants were either murdered or expelled. In the post-war period, the village was restored, and most of the refugees returned to their homes. According to the census of 2013, there were 576 inhabitants.
Population (1991)
[Internet – Source: Popis po mjesnim zajednicama – http://www.fzs.ba/Podaci/nacion%20po%20mjesnim.pdf ]
Overview
References
External links
*http://www.maplandia.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/federacija-bosne-i-hercegovine/vitovlje/
*http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-146986&fid=622&c=bosnia_and_herzegovina
{{Travnik municipality
Populated places in Travnik
Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina